Thanks Kelvin.
P.O. used vehicle to tow, there are additional springs on rear leafs, but I'll
have to compare with other similar vehicles.
I wonder if Air shocks would do the trick?
Eric
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
>
>
>
> If you are planning on towing with a Nissan SUV, take a look at rear air
> bags which are installed inside the springs. This is a recommended
> upgrade that we are planning on doing soon to my wife's Pathfinder.
>
> The Nissan has a lot of rear suspension travel which makes it unsuitable
> for any kind of tongue weight without additional spring support. Every
> time the trailer goes over a bump it's going to compress and extend the
> rear suspension pretty dramatically. The air bags are reasonably priced
> and give additional load support.
>
> Just 'cos the factory says you can tow a certain weight doesn't mean
> it's going to be comfortable.
>
> On the trailer issue. I've towed lots of British sports cars on a single
> axle utility trailer. Mine has a couple of holes in the tongue that I
> can bolt an electric winch to which makes loading and unloading a one
> person job.
>
> A tandem axle with brakes is nice and lots safer, but is a bit overkill
> if it is only to be used once in a while.
>
> I love my tandem axle enclosed trailer, but the last three tows I've
> made have been my TR8 and to pick up an MGA coupe and a GT6+, all of
> which were on the single axle. I towed the TR8 with my wife's Pathfinder
> quite happily across town.
>
>
>
> Kelvin Dodd
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mgs-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On
> > Behalf Of cyberemp@comcast.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 1:29 PM
> > To: MG LIST
> > Subject: [Mgs] MG, how heavy art thou? cont.
> >
> > Hello list.
> > Thank all of you for your responses.
> > Concensus seems to be the weight of car is near 2,500lbs. I'll have
> to go
> > with
> > the 280Xlbs number.
> > Trailer advice points towards a dual axle, elect. brake flat
> > bed.(because
> > car will be stripped down and illegal for even touching the sacred
> streets
> > of
> > California without license, lights, windshield). Aluminum trailer
> > preferred, but
> > the cheapest I could find one in this area was $4850.00. Ouch!
> > I also hear the horror stories of Uhauls. I will seek used aluminum
> and
> > steel
> > trailers. I can overhaul the bearings, brakes , lights, tires before
> I
> > use.
> > Hopefully not surpassing the price of a new trailer as I do so.
> > My Mig welder says it will weld aluminum.(reverse polarity, aluminum
> wire)
> > I
> > wonder if I can build a trailer from a kit?
> > My Nissan towing capacity is 3500 lbs unladen for manual, 5000 lbs
> unladen
> > for
> > an automatic .It doesn't say what the average wing velocity is for an
> > unladen
> > swallow.
> > African or European.
> > I suspect that Nissans lower weight capacity is for clutch
> > warantee, but I don't think the highway parol will give me a break on
> > that,
> > since mine is a manual transmission, But I'll check, since even an
> > aluminum
> > trailer with MG would put me over 3500lbs, though I'm not calculating
> > stripped
> > down weight. No engine, transmission, interior,
> windshield,Gigantibumpers
> > on
> > 74.5, Lights, spare, jack, fuel.
> > I plan on setting up electric winch to pull car onto trailer, since it
> > won't
> > drive up.
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