Originally Posted By: 4WD
Originally Posted By: Zaedock
We were camping up in NH last week for vacation. Can't tell you how many horrible tow set ups I saw.
Our neighbor left during the week. He had approx. a 26-28 ft dual axle camper being pulled by a Nissan Frontier.
The truck sagged really bad. His safety chains touched the ground over the dips in the dirt road and his trailer tires were wicked low. I stopped to let him know about the tires and offered my Viair compressor. He said no thanks that they're "good enough". Just glad I wasn't on the road when he was.
In my small town there are two guys with (almost identical) massive offshore boats … one has 3 Yam F350 motors and pulled behind F350 PSD. One has three Merc Verado 350 HP motors and pulled behind 3500 Duramax …
Despite so much weight on the rear … both trucks tow headlights in the sky … (3 axle trailers)
It is strange to see that much money (and stunning boats) … and it looks so wrong …
(We are minimum 60-70 miles from where you can launch something that big) …
PS: Based on an old buddy who stored one in a marina down south … ?
I’d say 500-600 gallons of gasoline onboard …
They're doing something wrong. The only time my headlights have gotten pushed up is when towing flybridge or sedan bridge heavy cruisers above 33 feet. I have single rear wheel trucks.
My guess is it is partly the fact that newer HD trucks have some seriously wussified rear springs to make them ride better, and partly due to some of the "shorter" trailer designs out there that move the weight too far up the tongue in order to make a more manageable tow.
Towing hundreds of gallons of fuel is many times a given, unless someone is intentionally or unintentionally taking a long enough trip to empty their tanks after filling them. Keeping the tanks full is a lot better for the boat. Take a huge aluminum or fiberglass tank with air space and cycle it through the heat of the day and the cool of the night, and the air gap becomes a breeding ground for condensation, and later water-in-fuel contamination.
For those headlights-in-the-sky situations, I have found Hellwig 2800 lb. bags to be a godsend. Levels everything right out, and makes the tow more stable.
Originally Posted By: Zaedock
We were camping up in NH last week for vacation. Can't tell you how many horrible tow set ups I saw.
Our neighbor left during the week. He had approx. a 26-28 ft dual axle camper being pulled by a Nissan Frontier.
The truck sagged really bad. His safety chains touched the ground over the dips in the dirt road and his trailer tires were wicked low. I stopped to let him know about the tires and offered my Viair compressor. He said no thanks that they're "good enough". Just glad I wasn't on the road when he was.
In my small town there are two guys with (almost identical) massive offshore boats … one has 3 Yam F350 motors and pulled behind F350 PSD. One has three Merc Verado 350 HP motors and pulled behind 3500 Duramax …
Despite so much weight on the rear … both trucks tow headlights in the sky … (3 axle trailers)
It is strange to see that much money (and stunning boats) … and it looks so wrong …
(We are minimum 60-70 miles from where you can launch something that big) …
PS: Based on an old buddy who stored one in a marina down south … ?
I’d say 500-600 gallons of gasoline onboard …
They're doing something wrong. The only time my headlights have gotten pushed up is when towing flybridge or sedan bridge heavy cruisers above 33 feet. I have single rear wheel trucks.
My guess is it is partly the fact that newer HD trucks have some seriously wussified rear springs to make them ride better, and partly due to some of the "shorter" trailer designs out there that move the weight too far up the tongue in order to make a more manageable tow.
Towing hundreds of gallons of fuel is many times a given, unless someone is intentionally or unintentionally taking a long enough trip to empty their tanks after filling them. Keeping the tanks full is a lot better for the boat. Take a huge aluminum or fiberglass tank with air space and cycle it through the heat of the day and the cool of the night, and the air gap becomes a breeding ground for condensation, and later water-in-fuel contamination.
For those headlights-in-the-sky situations, I have found Hellwig 2800 lb. bags to be a godsend. Levels everything right out, and makes the tow more stable.
