Off to Alaska Soon YES in FEBRUARY

ppine wrote:
Tom,
Please explain how to tow a 33 foot trailer through 5,000 miles of snow. The trailer will be much heavier than the tow vehicle. On every corner the trailer will tend to pull the rear axle of the trailer to the outside of the turn. Even with chains on all 4 wheels it is going to be very difficult.

I don't know why you think it is so difficult or impossible to tow a trailer in snow.

It is done all the time. And Tucson is only 3,640 miles from Fairbanks give or take some depending on the route you take. Most of that will be just fine.

But even in the snow it comes down to this; it is how you drive and what kind of experience you have as a driver that is most important not what you are driving. I can handle my trailer in snow very well.

My Dodge as it sits right now outside my door here in Tucson weighs 8340# my trailer is about the same. I am truly not worried about the drive.

I suppose when you refer to chains on "All four wheels" you mean the trailer? Well actually you only need chains on one axle 2 wheels if you need them at all. I know it is common to chain only one trailer wheel. But this presents problems when braking.

When a trailer wants to slide down slope of a snow and ice inclined ascending turn it is because you have lost momentum. It is vital on turns like that that you keep up good momentum. This I will not have trouble doing since my Dodge pulls my trailer without breathing hard up and over many higher passes and steeper ones than you have on The Hwy.

As for traction this also depends more than a little on your driving experience. In really bad conditions you need to pick your "line" carefully and know how to deal with loss of traction.

I can handle the drive no problem...it's the sky high price of everything in Canada that truly scares me.