picked up new trailer
04-02-2007, 04:12 PM
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picked up new trailer
Many thanks to all who helped me pick out the new trailer. Lots of good advice and I rolled it into this beauty. Haulmark makes it and I picked it up at the factory in McAdoo, PA this past week. She's 24' long with 5200lb axles and a 5000# winch. Got a couple of chrome/diamond plate add-ons and an extended tongue. Put on Equal-i-zer sway control hitch/bars and she tows rock solid. The sway controller makes towing a breeze and keeps the trailer from doing the boogie down the highway!!!
I had it on my last trailer and really liked how it worked.
Switching from an aluminum trailer to a metal one was interesting as I think the new metal one tows about the same. I see no real difference.
Here are a couple of pics taken as we (wife and I) were about to pull away from the Haulmark factory in PA for our trip home to Cape Cod, MA
Bob B.
I had it on my last trailer and really liked how it worked.
Switching from an aluminum trailer to a metal one was interesting as I think the new metal one tows about the same. I see no real difference.
Here are a couple of pics taken as we (wife and I) were about to pull away from the Haulmark factory in PA for our trip home to Cape Cod, MA
Bob B.
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04-02-2007, 07:28 PM
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Use to do NHIS with COM and a few other groups. Now I'm just staying with the autox stuff as my wallet can't take a wall hit with this expensive Z.
I'm actually thinking of getting an old Mustang or something like that where I can drive the stink out of it and not worry about a little encounter with one of those walls at NHIS. :>)
Bob
I'm actually thinking of getting an old Mustang or something like that where I can drive the stink out of it and not worry about a little encounter with one of those walls at NHIS. :>)
Bob
04-02-2007, 07:53 PM
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I really like the Titan. Had an Avalanche before I got the Titan. The Titan is really one terrific truck and it tows very well. Much better than the Avalanche. I can accelerate up hills with the Titan (and burn up loads of gas!! :>))
Have not done a run with the car loaded yet but the initial seat of the paints is very good. Feels about the same as when I towed empty with the aluminum Cargo Pro enclosed trailer I had before.
Will know more on the 20th when I do my 1st event. Then the following week I tow to Bowling Green, KY. That will be a terrific test.
Bob
Have not done a run with the car loaded yet but the initial seat of the paints is very good. Feels about the same as when I towed empty with the aluminum Cargo Pro enclosed trailer I had before.
Will know more on the 20th when I do my 1st event. Then the following week I tow to Bowling Green, KY. That will be a terrific test.
Bob
04-02-2007, 08:30 PM
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Will post when the rain stops and I have a chance to do a practice load with the winch.
Bob
04-02-2007, 10:34 PM
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I just picked up one of these, 24' aluminum without the ghetto wheels. I'm using a Curt weight distributing hitch (seems really nice so far, and it includes everything). It will be a load for my 1/2ton Yukon XL, but I'm not travelling cross-country like in the old days.
04-02-2007, 11:15 PM
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Guys, let me give you some $100 advice. Make sure the tongue has the proper weight on it. I bought a tongue weight scale from an outfit in California and I never have to guess how much it weighs anymore. It is dead accurate and I know what the tongue actually weighs now. Just moving the car a couple of inches can shift a large amount of weight, and can make the trailer very tail happy and unsafe.
Here's the place I bought the scale:http://www.sherline.com/lm.htm
Here's the place I bought the scale:http://www.sherline.com/lm.htm
04-03-2007, 07:11 AM
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Guys, let me give you some $100 advice. Make sure the tongue has the proper weight on it. I bought a tongue weight scale from an outfit in California and I never have to guess how much it weighs anymore. It is dead accurate and I know what the tongue actually weighs now. Just moving the car a couple of inches can shift a large amount of weight, and can make the trailer very tail happy and unsafe.
Here's the place I bought the scale:http://www.sherline.com/lm.htm
Here's the place I bought the scale:http://www.sherline.com/lm.htm
Trailer sales never even mentions tongue weight either.
Thanks!
Bob