Re: Aluminess deluxe box and towing clearance
Copes,
I will share all I learn once I have my rig all put together. You might end up ahead of me. I've ordered my rear bumper with just the simple open box so that I can easily unbolt it when towing. I also ordered a roof rack that I could if needed re-located the spare to when towing. I'm hoping that won't be the case.
With reference to the front box, I did it for two reasons. First I needed more weight on my front axle. I carry a KLR 650 on a rear Versa Haul hitch mounted rack, with all that overhang more weight up front improved the handling of the rig. Second, we carry four bikes with us, two inside mounted to the dinette when folded down and the other two outside. One reason we are moving to the van is to move the bikes inside. Driving cross county watching your mountain bike get saturated for hours on end is not great. Before I can upgrade my bike I really need the van for secure inside DRY storage. That said the box is going to stay with us and could be used for short trips. I plan on mounting the box to the trailers bike rack hitch in the rear.
We'll see how the 6.0 does pulling 8000 lbs up CO passes.
Looking forward to hearing about your Cummings.
Jim
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