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Re: [RC] [RC] Truck buying - ll cole

Sound advice! Also when pulling these heavier loads, keep your focus on what's happening a little further out in front of you than you normally would in a car. A little extra space between you and those ahead of you might keep you from having to jam on those brakes too.

Barry Cole.

>From: "Heidi Smith"
>To: "Karla Watson" ,"RIDECAMP"
>Subject: Re: [RC]   Truck buying
>Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:09:27 -0700
>
> >If at all possible, hook up a F150 with 2 horse trailer and 1 or 2 horses in it and go up a big hill and down the other side.....then try to borrow a friends 3/4 ton or 1 ton trucks and do the same thing. Its like night and day!! .....you will see why most recommend a bigger truck to handle the load. Yes they are more money and bigger, etc. but they are worth every penny for you and your horse's safety.
>
>Or perhaps even more relevant, hook up the same amount of weight (preferrably not live--it's bad enough to do this to horses in an emergency) to each one and get up to freeway speed, and jam on the brakes--and see how well you can STOP each load!  It's all well and good to say, oh, well, I can just go a little slower with the smaller rig on the hills, but it is when the lives of your horses depend on you to stop that it matters.
>
>If you're broke--buy an older heavier model instead of the newer lighter truck.  I've been driving trucks from the 80's until last year, when I managed to upgrade to a 97 Powerstroke.  It only takes once of having to plant your rig in the middle of the freeway in a split second to make you want to get out and kiss your heavier truck on the hood!
>
>Heidi

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