Have any of y'all tried hauling your RTV 400/500 in the back of your pickup? Was it a long or short bed?
Being small enough to put in the back of the pickup was the main feature I chose the RTV 500 for. I wanted the ability to haul it in the bed of the truck and still hook onto the travel trailer. Unfortunately I forgot that key fact when I last traded pickups and now have the first shortbed I've ever owned.
We're wanting to go to Colorado next summer and do the Alpine Loop. The options are:
1) Haul the RTV in the back of the truck and find a place load and unload it to run the loop. Pros: I'd have my own off road capable vehicle to use on my own schedule. Cons: More weight and drag. It'll Max me out on RAWR and GVWR with the TT on.
2) Loop in the F250 Sooper Dooty 4x4 Crew Cab Short Bed. Pros: I'd have my own comfortable 4x4 vehicle to use on my own schedule. Cons: Kinda large for the loop and it'd bad to tear something up on the tow vehicle and be stranded 1000 miles from home.
3) Rent a Jeep. Pros: Nothing to haul and risk damaging. More capable and maneuverable. Cons: $175/day and you're on their schedule. If you do tear anything up, you could be at their mercy.
Being small enough to put in the back of the pickup was the main feature I chose the RTV 500 for. I wanted the ability to haul it in the bed of the truck and still hook onto the travel trailer. Unfortunately I forgot that key fact when I last traded pickups and now have the first shortbed I've ever owned.
We're wanting to go to Colorado next summer and do the Alpine Loop. The options are:
1) Haul the RTV in the back of the truck and find a place load and unload it to run the loop. Pros: I'd have my own off road capable vehicle to use on my own schedule. Cons: More weight and drag. It'll Max me out on RAWR and GVWR with the TT on.
2) Loop in the F250 Sooper Dooty 4x4 Crew Cab Short Bed. Pros: I'd have my own comfortable 4x4 vehicle to use on my own schedule. Cons: Kinda large for the loop and it'd bad to tear something up on the tow vehicle and be stranded 1000 miles from home.
3) Rent a Jeep. Pros: Nothing to haul and risk damaging. More capable and maneuverable. Cons: $175/day and you're on their schedule. If you do tear anything up, you could be at their mercy.