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That looks like 99% all of my work shirts from welding and grinding

 

We must get our shirts from the same store..

 

This trailer is designed so you can lower the tailgate & not hit the jack.

The tailgate is designed to warm up a pizza pretzel I got yesterday at The Club.



First fill up hauling the car - 12.3 mpg

On the positive I'll get a bunch of rewards on the card I use for gas...

 

I've never seen stabilizers used on anything other than a camper. Is that your idea for added safety, Rusty?

 

Could this be @RustyGreen on his way in after searching marketplace while eating lunch?



https://www.instagram.com/p/C-63sq4uHMc/

 

I like the boat hooked to the utv

 

Nice! I have the version from the episode where he got run over.

 

Rocket fox

 

It seems to me that the world I live in now, they try to change things everyday, they think the deplorable are not sharp minded.

 

Wild E. would have tire marks. Just saying

 

I don't think those are stabilizers.

That's a load equalization hitch. Just transfers some load to the front axle.

 

The runways are 18 feet, the total length is 24 feet.
Trailer weight is 1551 pounds with a 7000 pound GVW.
Electric brakes on all 4 wheels.

This car has no engine/transmission so it weighs about 3000 + 1550 = 4500.
It isn't quick accelerating but OK. Towing a car is much better than towing an equal weight travel coach.

 

The weight distribution hitch is a real asset when towing heavier trailers.

When you hit the right conditions on the road the trailer and truck can get oscillating kind of like two seesaws held together with a hinge and really hit the axle bump stops hard - especially on a not very heavy suspension like the Tacoma.

The weight distribution dampens that hinge (the hitch) from swinging down so the bumps are more of a one and done thing, it makes the combination feel better planted on the road.
I wouldn't be without it on this trip.

 

Have a link to the weight distribution hitch or a make/model? I might be needing one soon.

 

Look here: https://www.reeseprod.com/Products/weight-distribution

Mine is a massive Reese #66542 12,000 rated Trunnion unit, way over what the Tacoma needs.
I used it on my F-250.
It could also accept a friction style anti-sway control.
It probably weighs 40 pounds.


The newer ones use cams for an "active" sway control.

 

Appreciate it! I've been looking at the Winnebago Micro Minnie and Winnebago Hike 100 travel trailers. Trying to see what I can safely get away with without upgrading to a bigger tow vehicle.

 

Back in Indiana for the night, the trip through the Indianapolis area was first gear idling along in heavy traffic for a long time...

I have tinkered with the car position and also added 2 psi to the rear tires on the truck, it feels nicely dialed in now. Running in fourth gear at 70 mph is about 3300-3400 rpm and fuel economy is in the 12 range.

The engine is well into the power band at that rpm so it will smoothly climb most of the rolling hills I have encountered without loosing speed. Oddly, after I have pulled off the road the engine idling is almost dead silent.

Observation:
Kia and Hyundai drivers seem to be the most likely to have poor situational awareness - doing things like camping out next to you in the left lane when someone is merging on the right from an on ramp.
Rusty >>

Or...

Coming up the on ramp (with a prominent "Yield" sigh) and just rocking right on the highway no matter if you can move over or not.
Also Rusty >> - - -

 

Be safe out there