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  1. #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by AustexGP View Post
    Thomasonsm,

    All of the reasons you mentioned above was the reason I traded in my Chevy 1500 for a Chevy 2500HD diesel after towing our Jayco 32BHDS TT for the first year. The 1500 towed the Jayco TT perfect in ideal conditions, but add in Texas 2 lane roads with lots of big trucks, crosswinds and rain and you have a very "white knuckled" drive. We always had our twin grand girls and the risk to reward equation with the 1500 was not a warm fuzzy feeling. We towed the Jayco for nearly another year with the 2500 and got much better gas mileage, better ride, safer feeling, and you knew you had some reserve speed if you needed it. Last year we sold the Jayco and purchased a Grand Design 311 BHS 5th wheel, the 2500 actually tows it better than it did the Jayco TT.
    What hitch were you using when you towed with your 1500?

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    Gem1n1,

    I had a Curt Weight Distribution MV Sway Control (etrailer C17063) that was installed and leveled by our local hitch store. Later when I moved to the 2500HD, I had to go back to the hitch store to get it adjusted and re-aligned for the 2500HD.
    Les and Sharon Bevil
    Austin, Tx

    Reflection 311BHS purchased March 2017
    Jayco 32BHDS sold March 2017
    2012 Chevrolet 2500HD 6.6 Diesel (until May 2018)
    2015 Chevrolet 3500HD 6.6 Diesel

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    Having a big truck is your friend when towing a big trailer. You need some weight to keep from getting leveraged. 1/2 ton trucks as much as I love them, have there limitations. Big difference from say towing a 19 ft utility trailer loaded heavy to switching to something that ways the same now in a 32 foot wind sail configuration. It is going be white knuckle in the wind. You gotta have weight, suspension and bigger brakes all which require a bigger truck.

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