BW Continuum hitch?

[topgun2]

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I believe that it was Bugeyedriver that last referred everyone to these Guidelines back in 2024 with THIS POST.

Bill

[ScottyGS]

On 4/21/2025 at 8:03 PM, ScubaRx said:

 Get yourself a capable ICE truck, at least a 3/4 ton, preferably diesel.

 

Is this what you are talking about? 

[ScottyGS]

OK... so sorry to be late the to the party and sorry for the ICE truck joke...  (it would be cool in the summertime though)    BUT....  The idea of using the BW continuum hitch is intriguing.  The Bulldog hitch is about 16 inches long and there is another 10 inches of tongue after that.  Appears there would be more than enough room to mount the actual hitch.    Now the pump handle thingamajig is another matter.  I don't think it's possible that future iterations of the hitch would allow that part to be smaller, but some enterprising individual might find some work around other than (heaven forbid) cutting the fiberglass shroud.   If you could find an alternate way of mounting that pneumatic box it might could work. 

Scotty 

 

[FloraFauna]

I DO enjoy this forum. I may not contribute as much as some of you but I find myself looking every day and learning something new every time I look. This thread is no exception.  My takeaway is that both sides make valid points.  I am also convinced that DanielBoondock knows what he wants and knows the tradeoffs. As he correctly points out there are tradeoffs both ways. RVing involves lots of experimentation. I am anxious to learn what he learns. There are lots of different ways to enjoy the experience.

[Geronimo John]

Dan:

Recognize that the vast majority of us on this forum are Retired Ole Farts.  We certainly made our share of mistakes and learned from them.  I used to call my Grandfather a "Ole School" guy.  Over time I came to realize that he was actually a lot smarter than I gave credit for.  But he had the gift of letting me make my own mistakes, so that I could learn from them.  

As a leader in the EV Team and a member of our forum, I thank you for your thoughts and reality checks presented.  Granted I doubt that many of the current  OTT owners will follow your foot EV foot steps.  For now....  But I would guarantee that in  the not too distant future, the technology will be at the point of people wondering why we were ICEing it for so long.  

Your advantage is you have the technical and experience to be out in the lead in this area.  Good for you.  And good luck as those ROF's tend to be right..... all the way up to the moment that reality strikes.   Sort of like there is no such thing as global warming. 

No offence to the MAGA members of the group!  Really!  Seriously!   

Geronimo John

[jd1923]

13 hours ago, Geronimo John said:

Sort of like there is no such thing as global warming.

I prefer to call it “Cimate Change” and it’s whether you believe Mankind can affect it to any significance. Like the Ice Age and you must know the great dinosaurs were cold-blooded animals, so climate must have been significantly warmer than today for them to thrive, and later they didn’t.

Dan believed I was against EVs, not true. Give me a Tesla S, WOW, but he was biased to GM only and the last time I wanted a GM was in the 60s or a few Cadillacs I’ve owned through the years. I wouldn’t buy an EV truck as a TV and I wouldn’t buy a Cyber Truck because they’re ugly and they’re not a pickup! Where’s the bed?

EV trucks cannot Boondock, it’s as simple as that, without scheduling hours of time every other day for charging. He said “there’s electricity everywhere” and I replied, “that’s not Boondocking!”

Last 5 days of our trip will be on one tank of diesel, two full FWTs, 600 Ah house batteries, solar and DC-DC charging, inverter running 110v outlets and appliances often. Simply no EV charge stations in our path!

He stated 500 mile range. Several members replied lucky to get 200 towing. Most of us get 400-600 miles towing and under my truck and many models you can install an AUX tank to double those numbers, not possible in EV-land!

Design experience is not Boondocking experience, period. Though I was told I do not understand and will learn one day.

Dan stated his decision affirmative to buy the Sierra EV, absolutely this year. And MAYBE an Oliver next year, later. Last time Dan logged in was end of May.

Edited July 2 by jd1923