What do YOU use to tow your track car?
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My daddy just picked this bad boy up for his retirement. Jayco Seneca 37TS. That General RV sponsorship paid off!
I'll still keep the truck for now though. We were tipping the scales at 12,000lbs with 4 people in the truck all rigged up, plus it was kinda cramped. The biggest bonus will be the savings from multiple hotel rooms and eating out while on the road. Just for this year alone we spent $3,600 on hotels. Plus the week long stay at the resort.
This will make towing the race setup and entire crew to events much much better. His plan is to keep working "work from home" out of the RV and just travel the country. Go down south in the winter or wherever.
I'll still keep the truck for now though. We were tipping the scales at 12,000lbs with 4 people in the truck all rigged up, plus it was kinda cramped. The biggest bonus will be the savings from multiple hotel rooms and eating out while on the road. Just for this year alone we spent $3,600 on hotels. Plus the week long stay at the resort.
This will make towing the race setup and entire crew to events much much better. His plan is to keep working "work from home" out of the RV and just travel the country. Go down south in the winter or wherever.
#1604
Is anyone here pulling a stacker trailer with an RV?
We're starting to look at potential retirement rigs for traveling with a race car and street car, and a stacker seems best, but it looks like you've pretty much got to have a truck chassis Super C to do it right. Interested to hear any experiences folks have had...
We're starting to look at potential retirement rigs for traveling with a race car and street car, and a stacker seems best, but it looks like you've pretty much got to have a truck chassis Super C to do it right. Interested to hear any experiences folks have had...
#1605
Is anyone here pulling a stacker trailer with an RV?
We're starting to look at potential retirement rigs for traveling with a race car and street car, and a stacker seems best, but it looks like you've pretty much got to have a truck chassis Super C to do it right. Interested to hear any experiences folks have had...
We're starting to look at potential retirement rigs for traveling with a race car and street car, and a stacker seems best, but it looks like you've pretty much got to have a truck chassis Super C to do it right. Interested to hear any experiences folks have had...
One thing to pay attention to is overall length, it can be difficult to get a decent-sized trailer behind a motorhome without exceeding state limits on that.
--Ian
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What are you hoping to pull it with, a normal E-450 based class C? Absolutely not. Those have tow ratings of 5000 lbs. You can often exceed that by a fair amount (and many do) but a stacker with two cars in it would be out of the question. You'd want a big class A pusher or a Super C for sure.
#1607
A friend of mine does it with a big Volvo -- don't know details on the rig, but I get the impression it was very much "not cheap".
One thing to pay attention to is overall length, it can be difficult to get a decent-sized trailer behind a motorhome without exceeding state limits on that.
--Ian
One thing to pay attention to is overall length, it can be difficult to get a decent-sized trailer behind a motorhome without exceeding state limits on that.
--Ian
If we do this, we might be full-timing in it for a couple of years.
Overall length is definitely an issue, with the limit being 65ft, from what I've read so far. Some states don't seem to care much, especially for RVs, but some do. California has a rep for being particularly nasty about it. Most of the class 8 Super Cs are 38-45ft, which doesn't leave much wiggle room with a trailer.
Most of the 'lower end' (still "not cheap") Super Cs like the Seneca posted above have the Cummins ISB (same as a Ram pickup, but derated), and don't have the ***** to pull 15k+ stackers, even though a few of them are rated for 20k.
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Not I but met a guy this past December while out camping. He was stacking a Corvette and a Porsche behind his large 45' diesel pusher Class A. Got to talking about stacking and life on the road and he said he was right at the limit of length and weight with his combo. Said he enjoyed his rig due to full time living in it and his snowbird life down south hopping camps and able to enjoy two of his retirement possessions at the touch of a button.
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Originally Posted by miataki
Not I but met a guy this past December while out camping. He was stacking a Corvette and a Porsche behind his large 45' diesel pusher Class A. Got to talking about stacking and life on the road and he said he was right at the limit of length and weight with his combo. Said he enjoyed his rig due to full time living in it and his snowbird life down south hopping camps and able to enjoy two of his retirement possessions at the touch of a button.
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The super c's like the Seneca says it can tow 10k. That's pushing it. Anything to do with a stacker you need 20k hitch for sure. And i'd still prefer engine forward configuration as opposed to a pusher style for that type of duty.
#1613
Hard to believe this thread's been quiet for 9 months... we made a serious upgrade from our truck camper.
Not a half-mil class 8 Super C, but we did find a 20 year old Class A that was nearly a half-mil new. There are some good deals to be had in older high-end class A's, and they're much better built than a lot of newer RVs.
2004 Holiday Rambler in super nice condition, and nicer than a couple of houses we've lived in, but the really important thing is the 500hp Cummins ISM and 15k tow rating. Last week we took it out for its first race weekend...
Luxury at the track, and 8mpg on the road. You can tell the trailer is there pulling grades, but it'll still show its taillights to the semis.
Not a half-mil class 8 Super C, but we did find a 20 year old Class A that was nearly a half-mil new. There are some good deals to be had in older high-end class A's, and they're much better built than a lot of newer RVs.
2004 Holiday Rambler in super nice condition, and nicer than a couple of houses we've lived in, but the really important thing is the 500hp Cummins ISM and 15k tow rating. Last week we took it out for its first race weekend...
Luxury at the track, and 8mpg on the road. You can tell the trailer is there pulling grades, but it'll still show its taillights to the semis.
#1618
Sold my dually during the used truck craze and replaced it with a Honda Ridgeline almost 2 years later. Absolutely no regerets! Still have a 2 car trailer we use maybe 3 times a year and Enterprise rental truck has 3/4 ton and 1 ton trucks that you can rent to tow with. For the number of times I need a big truck a year, it willk take decades to justify the purchase price of a second larger truck.
Ridgeline has no problems towing a Miata!
Ridgeline has no problems towing a Miata!