Hi List...posting this for Felix as he was having troubles...Please reply
directly to him, or on the list as you wish.
Regards,
Myles
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From: "Felix" <fcjchiu@attbi.com>
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Subject: Trailer Questions
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:51:58 -0700
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Hi Miles:
The following is a post I sent to the Vintage Race digest a few days ago but
for some reason never saw it posted. I may be posting it wrong or my ISP is
blocking mail sent to this particular address. Can you post this message for
me please.
See you this weekend at Sears Point?
Thanks,
Felix
Thanks Miles and everyone else for the great info on trailers.
I would like to hear about the experiences of people towing relatively
larger trailers (24 feet or longer) with standard sized pick-ups or
SUVs. What it is like to tow an enclosed trailer that weights close
to or at the recommended towing capacity of the vehicle. Other than
the load should be properly balance on the trailer, what else should
be considered? Torsion bars? Some kind of sway control? Improved
suspension on the tow vehicle, such as air bags, air-shocks or
levelers? Should more of the gear/tools be loaded on the trailer or
the tow vechicle?
I currently tow with a Ford F150 with the 5.4 engine, heavy duty tow
package, four wheel disc/anti-lock brakes. Rated towing capacity is
8700 lbs. Towing an open single-axel trailer. With the car on, it
probably weights around 3,000 lbs. I can push the trailer and car
around by myself on level ground. It is easy to move and store and
the truck hardly noticed that its there when towing. Like Carl, I too
was caught in the Monsoon/Mud-bowl of the Sears Point CSRG event in
the spring. I too, is thinking about an enclosed trailer but would
not want to up-grade the truck as well and is concerned about how it
would handle a fairly big trailer that say, weights 8000 lbs when
loaded.
Felix Chiu
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