Yeah Drew, She's a little heavy in the ***. Not as much as some others. Thirty nine foot Newmars can go as much as 20,000 lbs. I'll push the limit a little, but not that far!

 

20,000! That is a heavy trailer. You would have to get at least a F650. Do they make a 6500? I know they have a 5500 because sharx has one. What is his towing capacity?

 

Bigriver,

Have you thought of what route you plan on taking to get from New Orleans to Yellowstone Park with your 35-foot trailer? It may be a good idea to call the park and ask what is the best route to get in to the park with a 35-ft trailer. What ever you do Do Not go to Sheridan, WY and go West to Cody and in to the parks east entrance as you will have to go over a 9700-foot Granite Pass before you get to Cody. That Pass has a lot of curves, several 6-10% grades up and down with narrow road in places. FYI, I saw few semis with brakes smoking and they were empty on Granite Pass when I came out of the park 2 years ago going East on Hwy 14 between Cody and Sheridan, WY.

The North entrance has some very narrow roads with 6-10 grades to climb and sharp curves so you may or may not have room to be pulling your 35-ft trailer on it. I’ve been on the west Yellowstone road and that is a nice road in to the park that you could use. As for the other entrance it’s been too many years ago to remember how the roads are so like I said call to see if the other roads have enough room for a 35-ft trailer to travel on safely.

I know you did not ask for this info but theirs no way would I or anyone else would like to read about a pile up on national TV and then find out later on it was you who was involved in it!

 

Hey Squirtbottle, Last year I saw this 39' newmar on www.rvtrader.com ,that weighed in at 20,000lbs. I called to inquire about it and was told that the owners where towing it with a commercial truck, I can't remember as to which brand it was, Peterbuilt, Western Star, or Kenworth........one of those big guys. Definately out of my league!

 

Hey DBLR, Man I can't thank you enough for the heads up. I followed your advice and spoke to the visitors center as well as the law enforcement in Yellowstone. Both had suggested that coming from (South Dakota) the east that some serious passes are encountered along the way. Even inside the park, Sylvan Pass is a rough one, in addition to the road construction going on there. I cancelled my reservation in Greybull KOA and re-routed our trip north on I-90 into Montana, and on to Livingston. From there we go south to the north entrance. I know you mention a word of caution there, but both parties said that it was better than the east entrance. It'll be tough going no matter where I enter and exit from, but for the past few months, I've been upgrading the truck for this trip. I'm now looking at either the ATS or Perma Cool aux. trans cooler. Thanks again for the tip my friend, Bigriver

 

Big river, how long of a drive is that? I would like to take that trip one day. I am west of Port Allen

 

Hey greyghost21, Its working out to be around 4400 miles. We're leaving Covington, going north up thru Mississippi , Tennessee, into and across Missouri, up thru Nebraska, and into South Dakota, over into Wyoming, north into Montana, south into Yellowstone, back down thru Wyoming, into Colorado, across Kansas, down thru Oklahoma, into and across Texas, and down and across Louisiana. Atwenty oneday trip with a lay over day at Mt Rushmore, and a week in Yellowstone. Whew,I'm tired all ready, going to need plenty of coffee for this trip!

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Just one more thing give your self lots of travel time to get to where your going to camp at being the speed limit is 25 mph (and your big trailer will slow you down on the sharp curves) in the park and at times Buffalo can stand in, on or walk the road for 30 minutes or more at a time and not let anyone pass them.

I know as I had it happen to me when I was there, where one stood on my side of the road and it would not let you pass it but the Buffalo would let on coming cars go by[&o] once I did get around it a red service truck behind me also went past him and he got pissed and head butted the side of the truck as it went by so after that I never saw another car behind us for over 20 minutes. Other then that enjoy the park, all of the big Elk and other nice things to see.

One other thing, the big sight seeing busses drive like crazy there (or did when I was there in July of 2004 and June of 2005) so take care when you stop on the side of the road or if you slow down to look at some thing. BTW your truck should have a trans cooler on it if it has a tow package so the only other thing you can do to help out is to look for an electrical fan to put in front of it to push more air.

 

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BTW your truck should have a trans cooler on it if it has a tow package so the only other thing you can do to help out is to look for an electrical fan to put in front of it to push more air Yes, I do have a tow package with a trans cooler up front. I's rather small, but it is there. I'm not sure if I could install a fan in front of the coolers, not much room between them and the grille. What I was reffering to was an additional cooler with fan which is usually mounted underneath the cab or bed. ATS has a neat set up with a reverseable fan,so that it can be mounted fan side down to blow air to the ground. I can see an added benifit in that the fan would serve as protection from stray rocks hitting the coils. As for the upcoming road trip, I can see that patience will be as important as diesel fuel! I'm taking the logic of a marathon runner here, no sprinting, just a steady relaxed pace.......Hummm, I say that now, hope to not be DIVORCED when I return !!!!

 

sounds like fun bigriver, let us know how it goes. I have to wait for about a year before i go on a trip that long