Off to Alaska Soon YES in FEBRUARY
I know this will sound strange but there is a good chance that I will accept a job in Fairbanks for the summer that will require me to leave Tucson very soon to start the trip north. However it me...
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As for towing a trailer, it's not that much of a problem - look at all of the large enclosed trailers that head out every Friday night with four or more snow machines in them. They're headed for the hills where the snow is.
The only ones that have problems are those short wheel based half ton trucks with all season radials on them. Usually one of them goes in the ditch every weekend. They're a pain to pull out. I have to drop my trailer and sometimes chain up to get them out. Nothing like a good 30' x 6" snatch strap or two to reach them, over a thousand pounds of fuel in the back of the truck and two sets of modified tire chains.
With a long bed crew cab truck you have a lot more time to react when the rear end breaks loose. I don't run in four wheel drive unless it's really bad out.
Had to pull one guy out twice. Got him out and sent him down the road. Then I had to drop my chains, hook up my trailer and go. Got down the road and found him in the ditch again. I told him if he went in a third time I wasn't stopping.
Bill
The only ones that have problems are those short wheel based half ton trucks with all season radials on them. Usually one of them goes in the ditch every weekend. They're a pain to pull out. I have to drop my trailer and sometimes chain up to get them out. Nothing like a good 30' x 6" snatch strap or two to reach them, over a thousand pounds of fuel in the back of the truck and two sets of modified tire chains.
With a long bed crew cab truck you have a lot more time to react when the rear end breaks loose. I don't run in four wheel drive unless it's really bad out.
Had to pull one guy out twice. Got him out and sent him down the road. Then I had to drop my chains, hook up my trailer and go. Got down the road and found him in the ditch again. I told him if he went in a third time I wasn't stopping.
Bill
