Re: Re: re: S10 Towing

["Carla" <skyranch@frontier.net>]

Hey, I've crosscountry-skied that road!  Yikes -- you're either crazy, brave
or both <VBG> to try pulling horses up that road with a little truck --
actually even a bigger one would be a bit scary.  I sure hope you left
horses up there and had an empty trailer coming back down -- you must have,
you're still alive, ha!  Gorgeous country, though, isn't it.  I lived and
worked in CB for a year, loved it.  I rode across one of the trails going
past Maroon Bells one summer, and did a lot of riding in West Elk Wildernes;
wish I could move back there!

Carla
Dolores, CO

-----Original Message-----
From: Celia Krall <celiak@pcrs.net>
To: twoodcock@lendleaserei.com <twoodcock@lendleaserei.com>;
ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 9:55 PM
Subject: RC: Re: re: S10 Towing


>Once had to pull 7 horses up Gothic (above Crested Butte) for a ride
>between Crested Butte and Aspen, Colorado, using a Ford Ranger (??).  Have
>forgotten the name of the ITTY BITTY truck.  At some point, we stopped
>going forward, stopped moving at all, and then the trailer began to pull
>the truck BACK down the hill.  Ever sweated bullets?  Finally stepped on
>the brake hard enough, and jammed the emergency brake down, cautiously
>opened the door and stepped out.  Tried to lock in the hubs.  Left one,
>fine. Right one just spun.  Swell.  Really, just swell.  Loved my job - but
>we sure were tough on equipment.
>
>Jumped back in, put it in 4-low and low on the column.  Made it.  (Did I
>mention it was raining?  DId I mention the muddy road?)  Tough hill.  I
>will never, ever pull a trailer with a little truck again.  Not even a
>two-horse.  Rather walk.  Or ride.  Or pony six horses.  Or stay home.  I
>recommend a bigger truck.  Even if you never drive up Gothic.
>
>Cel
>
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>> From: twoodcock@lendleaserei.com
>> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
>> Subject: RC:  re: S10 Towing
>> Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 7:38 AM
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>> cocoastar@juno.com on 08/23/2000 02:40:48 AM
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>> To:   ridecamp@endurance.net, suendavid@worldnet.att.net,
>adlee@bigfoot.com
>> cc:    (bcc: Tamara Woodcock/US1/Lend Lease)
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>> Subject:  RC:  re: S10 Towing
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>> I actually have no problems towing a two horse steel trailer with an SUV.
> I
>> have a Jeep Grand Cherokee (all the time 4WD, automatic 5.2 V8, and
>heavy-duty
>> tow package including pumped up cooling system and rated for 6500 lbs).
>My two
>> horse doesn't have trailer brakes or anti-sway bars.  Hauls fine in what
>ever
>> conditions I need it to haul in.  I've only used it to haul 1 horse at a
>time,
>> but that's because I only have one horse I can get to load in this
>trailer.
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>> I've also pulled my stock trailer with this Jeep (16" steel trailer) with
>two
>> horses weighing around 2100 lbs. combined.  Had no problems on the
>highway, did
>> have a bit of a problem pulling a really steep hill that had a stop light
>at the
>> bottom of it (which I got stopped at) and does required a long time to
>stop
>> smoothly.  This does have electric brakes, but no anti-sway bars.  The
>only
>> problem I have with hauling a trailer of this size with the Jeep is the
>hitch
>> height.  I use a receiver hitch and in order to make the two horse
>trailer ride
>> level when loaded the hitch has to be lower than for the stock trailer.
>The
>> hitch is just a bit to low when hauling the stock trailer right now, but
>this
>> can be corrected simply by me remembering to buy a 2nd receiver hitch at
>setting
>> the ball higher.
>>
>> I do prefer to use my old F350 dually for pulling, but it's gotten to
>where it
>> just can't do the hills anymore and burns a quart and a half of oil with
>each
>> tank of gas.
>>
>> -Tamara
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>> Guess I should add that the type of small truck you have makes a
>> lot of difference in how well the rig handles.  A 4-wheel drive is
>> typically taller and a bit less stable than a longbed 2-wheel drive
>> model.  The shorter the wheelbase and the higher it is off the
>> ground the worse it will handle towing a load.  An SUV like a
>> Bronco II or an S10 Blazer would be the worst handling of the
>> bunch.
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>> My Ranger was a 2-wheel drive supercab so I had some advantage
>> over a 4wd Toyota - even though the Toyota might have more
>> horsepower!  And I would not go back to the Ranger since I have
>> been pulling my gooseneck with my F250 diesel for several years now.
>> It's all kinda relative......
>>
>> Again  YMMV
>> Dave Bennett
>> Georgia
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