If I ever won one of the big lotteries, I would have a huge rv with a professional driver following myself and my three riding buddies with all our luggage and comforts. The rv would also have a large trailer attached, one big enough for all our bikes if necessary for some reason.
DK,
We also utilize the toy hauler to enhance the riding experience. Been doing for 4 yrs. We live just south of Beaumont tx and what we call running the slab is no longer enjoyable. We can agree that sleeping in your own bed is way better than an air mattress or a motel room. We were like you, tent camped, slept in motel rooms and on the just where ever. We no longer have anything to prove to anybody.
Our toy hauler is a 28 ft Winnebago with a 3/4 ton Dodge Ram (Diesel). Is it cost effective, don't really care. It's what we enjoy when it comes to doing road trips. Usually we pick a spot of interest and treat the camper as a base camp and do day trips and try to see all the sites.
Only thing I have to offer you is to keep an eagle eye
on the wheel bearings. I generally repack them twice a year. My next improvement is the TPMS for the air pressure on the trailer tires. I work offshore therefore my work schedule is 14 days on 14 days off. In this picture we had just replaced the awning. 200 bucks off of amazon. Getting some free labor out of the two guys in the back ground. I feed them many years. Lol.
I don't think I will ever go that route, but it makes sense to me, especially at my age. At 64, as you say, riding 3-4 days to get the area you want to ride in is physically taxing, to say nothing of the actual costs in time and money. This was my ride this summer:
With all do respect to my brothers in the Midwest, I really don't have any desire to ride across Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska or eastern South Dakota again. So I either have to do what you're doing or start flying and renting. So I get it. When I was younger, I might have given you grief for trailering. But I get it now.
We have made many trips across the country and I agree that it sure is a long haul to get from Alabama to the Rockies, etc. But, once you arrive it is spectacular.
We haul 2 Heritage Classics, with a 35 ft MXT. Tow with a F250 King Ranch Super Duty that pulls and rides like a dream. Plenty of room for the bikes.
It is very comfortable for us, but if I had kids it would not be. When the bikes are out, the garage converts to a second bedroom, but we mostly put all our clothes, boots, etc and use it as a dressing room.
If I had to do over, I would have got the next larger size with a second slide in the kitchen area.
Everything about traveling this way is about compromise. I see much larger rigs that really make me wonder how they pull in the wind crossing the midwest.
We have made many trips across the country and I agree that it sure is a long haul to get from Alabama to the Rockies, etc. But, once you arrive it is spectacular.
We haul 2 Heritage Classics, with a 35 ft MXT. Tow with a F250 King Ranch Super Duty that pulls and rides like a dream. Plenty of room for the bikes.
It is very comfortable for us, but if I had kids it would not be. When the bikes are out, the garage converts to a second bedroom, but we mostly put all our clothes, boots, etc and use it as a dressing room.
If I had to do over, I would have got the next larger size with a second slide in the kitchen area.
Everything about traveling this way is about compromise. I see much larger rigs that really make me wonder how they pull in the wind crossing the midwest.
Really like that ramp extension did you do that yourself?
DK,
We also utilize the toy hauler to enhance the riding experience. Been doing for 4 yrs. We live just south of Beaumont tx and what we call running the slab is no longer enjoyable. We can agree that sleeping in your own bed is way better than an air mattress or a motel room. We were like you, tent camped, slept in motel rooms and on the just where ever. We no longer have anything to prove to anybody.
Our toy hauler is a 28 ft Winnebago with a 3/4 ton Dodge Ram (Diesel). Is it cost effective, don't really care. It's what we enjoy when it comes to doing road trips. Usually we pick a spot of interest and treat the camper as a base camp and do day trips and try to see all the sites.
Only thing I have to offer you is to keep an eagle eye
on the wheel bearings. I generally repack them twice a year. My next improvement is the TPMS for the air pressure on the trailer tires. I work offshore therefore my work schedule is 14 days on 14 days off. In this picture we had just replaced the awning. 200 bucks off of amazon. Getting some free labor out of the two guys in the back ground. I feed them many years. Lol.
Nice rig! Thanks for the heads up on the wheel bearings. We are enjoying this far more than we had hoped.
Originally Posted by NORTY FLATZ
I think your set-up is awesome.
Then I recall that "TopGear" episode where the 3 lads go caravanning...
Originally Posted by TKDKurt
I don't think I will ever go that route, but it makes sense to me, especially at my age. At 64, as you say, riding 3-4 days to get the area you want to ride in is physically taxing, to say nothing of the actual costs in time and money. This was my ride this summer:
With all do respect to my brothers in the Midwest, I really don't have any desire to ride across Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska or eastern South Dakota again. So I either have to do what you're doing or start flying and renting. So I get it. When I was younger, I might have given you grief for trailering. But I get it now.
Yep, like you, we've done enough straight line riding. We want to get to the mountains and curves!
Yeah, Mary had a sticker on her helmet...Silly Yuppie-Trailers are for Boats.... That's gone. haha.
Originally Posted by ROUNDHEAD
We have made many trips across the country and I agree that it sure is a long haul to get from Alabama to the Rockies, etc. But, once you arrive it is spectacular.
We haul 2 Heritage Classics, with a 35 ft MXT. Tow with a F250 King Ranch Super Duty that pulls and rides like a dream. Plenty of room for the bikes.
It is very comfortable for us, but if I had kids it would not be. When the bikes are out, the garage converts to a second bedroom, but we mostly put all our clothes, boots, etc and use it as a dressing room.
If I had to do over, I would have got the next larger size with a second slide in the kitchen area.
Everything about traveling this way is about compromise. I see much larger rigs that really make me wonder how they pull in the wind crossing the midwest.
Nice rig!
Yes, it is a compromise, but it was time for us.
As we've gotten older we realize we have limited time left on this planet, and would rather spend it riding the best possible roads, rather than days of long straight interstate, and hours dealing with motels.
10-31-2019, 09:03 PM
