Hey guys. I've been around here for a while now and lately have been asking a lot of questions (thanks Hammer!!) for a "gee wiz" type information in the hopes that this move will happen...and yesterday I found out it is! The USAF has finally decided to move me from DC and they are sending me to the west coast (which is home!!) for my next duty station. What this means is I will be towing my wife’s Honda Odyssey across this great nation of ours. All my belongings will be packed and shipped by a moving company but the vehicles will be my department. I will also be moving all my weapons and VERY HEAVY gun safe along with lots of ammo, my liquor and wine collection and some my twin baby boys thinks.

My Odyssey is the Touring model so it has a lot of extra weight from the bells and whistles and it comes in at a little over 4640 pounds. I will be purchasing a car trailer (8ftx18ft) with twin axles (10000lbs rating) with a full diamond plate deck to haul the van. Below, I will list what I have to do this move and another list of what I will be getting done soon before the move in 6 months. After that, can you all please help me with what I will need in addition to this? Thanks!


What I have now:
2004 Ram QCSB Hemi Off Road package
3.92 rear end
K&N Cold Air Intake
TGC Level
NTG's 305/70/17

What I will be getting soon:
Rear air bags-air ride load controller II with on-board air compressor and single gauge
Transmission temp gauge
Electronic brake controller (I forget the brand…but the one that Hammer has)
8ftx18ft car trailer, full diamond plate deck, two spares, winch plate, recessed d-rings, led lights, stored ramps, 10,000lbs twin axle (its a 7000lbs axles but I'm getting a deal so I will upgrade to the bigger ones), electric brakes and maybe the winch


Is there anything else that I need? I figure in trailer/van weight I have about 5500 and 6000 pounds plus another 1000 to 1500 pounds of stuff. Ideas? Thanks!!

 

26 views and no posts...guess i have the right idea then! nice!

 

i dont see anything wrong with the setup. hemi might suck some serious fuel pulling a load that size...but other than that, sounds like a good plan

 

yea, it will suck some serious fuel...but thats what i get for not buying diesel back in 2004. oh well.

 

That's what she said.

 

i see this quote in someones sig in the future!

 

yep looks good. i see nothing wrong with your setup. you should have no problems. good luck with the move. have you moved with the AF before? if you have questions or want some tips PM me.

 

I was waiting for you to post! Yea, I'm a TSgt. and have moved before so this is nothing new. The best part is the trailer counts as houshold goods!! Thanks for the offer though...I still may hit you up!

 

Do I need to get one of those weight dispersing hitches (I forget what their called) or should I be alright?

 

weight distrubuting....i thought the same thing, but you should be alright.