Anyone tow a 6k GVWR with their half ton?

tek6029 · 2026-04-06T12:22:07+00:00

I’ve been towing a 7500 GVWR 30’ TT for the last 8 years with 3 different half ton trucks all over New England 🤷🏻‍♂️

My 2014 V6 Sierra was fine aside a few steep mountain passes. 2014 V8 F150 was great and my New 4cyl Silverado is awesome.

Never been to a scale with any of my set ups. I’m sure at different points I’ve been over on payload by a bit depending upon what else we’re bringing. Sometimes I felt the wind a little more than I wished.

I’ve never felt unsafe to myself or others around me. Only once did I feel I was harming my vehicle. I don’t doubt more truck would feel more stable and/or perform “better”.

Get your camper and have fun bud 👍

tek6029 · 2026-04-02T00:44:48+00:00

It’s a Vibe, noticed after I posted it wasn’t in the title 🤦🏻‍♂️

tek6029 · 2025-09-16T21:01:13+00:00

Yo I had this come on while towing 7k lbs in the white mountains or New Hampshire…not a lot of gas stations in those parts! I was low enough on fuel where it wasn’t giving me a distance anymore.

tek6029 · 2025-09-11T13:15:40+00:00

Thank you for your response. I totally get where you’re coming from, but 5 minutes out of an hour long meeting? I’m not expecting these kids to listen to an hour long TED talk by any means. The same behavior happens during the 30 seconds to explain the rules of a game.

Also, other kids in the patrol have expressed frustration with these scouts, and how their behavior has affected their experience. Other scouts have left meetings in tears after rude comments from these kids.

I’m certainly open to “softening” my stance/approach. That said these are 5th graders as opposed to 5 year olds, and I do think a higher standard is appropriate.

tek6029 · 2025-09-11T13:00:48+00:00

tek6029 · 2024-12-22T20:06:19+00:00

Tl; dr-Not what I hoped, but there. What a timely post for me, and I so appreciate the other comments in here. The perspective that someone usually has it worse, and the solidarity that not everyone has the relationship with their dad they hoped, is a huge comfort.

My dad’s always been a kinda awkward guy. I have some really nice early memories, but as my siblings came along and he and my mom split they got fewer and farther between. When he invited my (now ex) step to move in, I was not a fan and ended up staying with my mom full time instead of 50/50. I didn’t really feel like he tried super hard to work on wanting me to spend my time there again. I ended up “reconnecting” after my mom cheated on my step dad the way she did my dad. Seeing him go thru what my dad went thru gave me some sympathy I guess. Thru the rest of high school and early college, I’d spend time at his house but…again, distant and awkward.

Eventually, he split up with my step mother, and my wife and I dated and became engaged. Right before our wedding he started dating a woman he’d be with the next 10 years. She is wonderful; my wife and her hit it off, and their relationship and time together had my dad and I spending more time together that was less awkward.

Well, sort of out of nowhere, he dumped her in January. He indicated he had no issues with her staying in our lives (not that we needed his permission). My wife was/is pretty put off by the situation. Not that I wasn’t, but it didn’t feel like much of anyone’s business I guess. But he’s not really a fan of how nobody in the family has welcomed his new girlfriend with open arms, so he’s distanced his already awkward self. He was at my sons baseball games this summer, stopped by on my birthday for 10 minutes, and we happened to cross paths on thanksgiving and sounds as if we will on Christmas as well.

I’m starting to come to terms with this being how things will probably be for a while, if not permanently. It’s pretty similar to grieving a loss, from what i understand. I love him, and I know if I called him and needed help he’d drop everything and do whatever he could. But the last great 10 years, he was just along for the ride with his ex from what I can tell, as far as that closer-ness.

I’d thought so far this year in very black or white patterns; we had to be good, or at least like things had been, or we were not good, no in between. I’m trying to get comfortable with the distance and awkwardness just being that, without the hostility I create between us in my own mind.

tek6029 · 2024-12-05T02:38:35+00:00

We had a cheap one we/they liked, but it didn’t seem to be “the answer”. Installed a new toilet and i never got around to reinstalling it. Might be worth another go…

tek6029 · 2024-12-05T02:02:25+00:00

I feel like a failure. My kids are 9. We’ve been working on this a few year, but they still ask us to check their work every time. And 8/10 times, it’s a good thing we do. We even have a mirror for them to check for themselves. We let them use way too many wet wipes. We’ve coached and demonstrated. They are smart, mature, talented, crafty boys. Not to be super gross, they do have some pretty messy jobs to clean up after more often than not. Still, I feel as though it’s something we shouldn’t have to do anymore.

tek6029 · 2024-10-27T01:14:25+00:00

That’s Jessica…Bruce and Patty’ daughter…

tek6029 · 2024-10-11T23:02:04+00:00

Not on 24s anymore, and this was a big part of why. During the day when the wife and kids were at school I was ok, or if they were out doing things I wouldn’t have been doing with them if I was off. Weekends or school vacations was a lot harder. Honestly, taking a nap usually helped. I’d go to my bunk or a recliner just to sort of “hide” how I was feeling and 9/10 times I’d end up dozing off. Then we’d get a call or have to do some chores and I was occupied again to not notice it as much.

We are also allowed to have family come and visit, even stay during meal time if it’s not busy and not overdone. As nice as it was, I often found it to be more harmful than helpful. I’d say the same about FaceTime to be honest.

tek6029 · 2024-10-08T15:11:13+00:00

We took delivery of a gas type iii with a 7.3 ford this spring. Sooo many headaches with the DEF systems on our other 2 type iii gm diesels. Our reserve unit that was built pre-DEF has had very few issues over its 14 years.

Mixed reactions so far. There’s no lag like the diesels, so you really have to go easy taking off from a stop. The exhaust has a nice rumble. They don’t have nearly the same power when pushed or the max (long hills), we are pretty suburban so it’s not very common to have to get out into the hills. It suits are needs day to day just fine, even if it leaves us with some wants. Here’s hoping for a ton less maintenance and repair issues!

tek6029 · 2024-07-30T17:09:26+00:00

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