Re: RC: Re: Motorhomes as tow vehicles

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/5/00 7:04:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
ahrides@gateway.net writes:

<< I have friends who tow this way.  One night I followed them home from a
 ride.  One of their trailer bearings went dry, overheated and began throwing
 sparks onto the road.  They were completely unaware of the problem.  >>

One of the worst Idaho forest fires in recent history was set just this 
way--not with a horse trailer, but with a car in tow behind a large motor 
home.  A tire on the car had gone flat, and it was traveling on the rim 
throwing sparks.  Another traveler followed this rig for several miles along 
a winding river road, unable to pass and unable to honk the motor home down, 
as the sparks ignited the dry grasses along the side of the road and the fire 
began spreading up the steep mountainside.

Heidi


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.    
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp   
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=