First trip with new tow vehicle

We finally got to take our first trip towing the pod with my new-to-me Dakota   It's been 4 LONG weeks since I traded my V6 Ranger for the V8 Dakota.  I'm thrilled with my new ride.  We did not use my Equalizer hitch.  I've not taken the time to re-adjust it for the new truck.  I want to add axle risers to the pod as soon as I can get the extra money and I don't want to have to play with the Equalizer twice.  I used the drawbar that I used with the Ranger and the tongue was way to high.  Luckily I had another drawbar which was lower and it put the pod right where it should be.  We pulled out Friday morning for Kings Mountain State Park.  The ride was great.  I was able to pull the hills just fine.  Sway was not an issue.  We ate supper and were sitting by the campfire when the breeze picked up a bit and heard thunder in the distance. We covered or moved anything we did not want to get wet and were enjoying the evening until we saw our first flash of lightning.  Into the pod we went   We were cozy and dry.  Saturday and Sunday were beautiful.  But the weather forecast said we were in for possible storms tonight and probable heavy rains tomorrow so we decided to pack up and come home tonight.  It's no fun breaking camp in the rain   Now that I know I have a truck that will take us where we want to go, we will start frequenting other campgrounds more.  Below are photos of the pod with the new truck.  My new graphics for the truck should be here next week and I'm excited about getting them on.  Will post more photos when it's done.

Come guys, just put on your swimming trunks and break camp in the rain!  I have had to do it in the rain and it is NO fun!  BTW, that is a good looking setup!

Terry

Originally posted by TerryM Come guys, just put on your swimming trunks and break camp in the rain!  I have had to do it in the rain and it is NO fun!  BTW, that is a good looking setup! Terry

20 years camping in Uncle Sam's biggest, heaviest, most dangerous "RV". All kinds of weather, all kinds of terrain. I have been in rain so heavy we had to run the bilge pump continuously, so cold my sleeping bag froze to the top of the tank.. with me in it. So hot we "cooked" our MRE's by just laying them on the back deck... I didn't mind. In fact, tanks are fun. I would of stayed longer if they would of still let me play with them...

But the MRS.. well, lets just say she doesn't see it that way. We have ridden 60+ miles in a day on a bicycle in the rain, never a complaint. But if it's raining at the start of a ride, and we don't HAVE to ride.. she doesn't. Which means, we don't. So "if" it's raining, OK. But if she knows it's GOING to be raining..

She has been watching the radar for down there in Tenn. all day.. saying.. look, still all green..

Definitely good looking together!  Of course I gotta ask... what was your mpg? 

Pod looks nice with the new TV!!