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Re: [RC] right vehicle for towing - Rae Callaway

Here's a video of a car trying to pull a trailer up a hill and the results.  Thank goodness it wasn't a loaded horse trailer!
 
Rae

 

From: marshall Bates <muleman60@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Tx Trigger <txtrigger@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:16:57 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] right vehicle for towing

I can't agree more with Jonni's closing statement. Twice I have had trailer brakes fail-once due to a corroded connection and once debris on the road got tangled in the brake wiring. I was very thankful for the extra braking available on my F-450.
I too have towed with an undersized tow vehicle in an emergency but I was definitly a potential hazard not only for me and my mules but everyone else on the highways.
Marsh the muleman

--- On Tue, 1/27/09, Tx Trigger <txtrigger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
I'm not gonna change anyone's mind who has towed how ever many miles with their little F-150, or SUV that they are under equipped. And they will not change MY mind, that towing with anything less that a 3/4 ton is asking for issues.
 
Jonni

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Re: [RC] right vehicle for towing, marshall Bates