The First Pull

[smcken2973]

With all the help and discussion from everybody here I pulled the trigger on a 1016 Passport 2810bh. Dry weight of right around 5150. Bumper to hitch it is just under 32 ft. Pulling it with a 5.7 crew cab, 3.92 and 1000 air bags. They installed a reese dual cam. Airbags had 20 pounds in them. I was very happy with how it looked, I could not detect any squat. Pulled wonderfully. The RV store Beckley's was fantastic. My salesman took me for a practice drive, backups and turns to get me used to it. Drive home was about 60 miles. No white knuckles! No puckering! Thanks for all the great information. Just wish I didn't have to wait till spring to get her out.

 

[xrsman]

Nice man, what's the hitch weight?

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[smcken2973]

Hitch weight on paper was 545.

 

[dearchristopher]

545 is pretty light. my aero lite is about 700ish. good width on the wheels and space between, that goes a long way to helping sway. how was stopping it?


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[smcken2973]

Brake controller was only set at 4. Braking was no problem. Very Happy.

 

[smurfs_of_war]

Nice! Congrats on the new fun-mobile! This will be the longest wait of your life now.

 

[smcken2973]

Thanks. Right now the temps in Pa are mid sixties. Wishing I hadn't had it winterized


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[Jerry1984]

Is fresh water capacity really 30 gallons?

 

[smcken2973]

Yep.


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[audio1der]

545 is pretty light. my aero lite is about 700ish. good width on the wheels and space between, that goes a long way to helping sway. how was stopping it?


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545 for a 5150Weight is about right. My TW for our Passport is right at 11%.

smcken2973- do some reading, and ensure your Reese DCSC is setup properly. It's a great setup, but very finicky, and can often benefit from further dialing-in by the driver. If the dealer got it right on the first setup, it would be very surprising. I hope she treats you well; we love ours!

 

[audio1der]

Is fresh water capacity really 30 gallons?

Fresh, grey and black are probably each 30Gal. Makes no sense, eh?

 

[Bigdaddy]

Congrats!

 

[Jerry1984]

Yep.


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Holy **** that's small!! If you're in campgrounds most of the time I guess that doesn't matter. I had 100 gallons on my 2012 starcraft which was crazy big and my current 2009 starcraft is 50 and thought that was smallish. I usually camp off grid though.