Black Travel Trailers common in US?
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/RobRyan7/imagejpg1_zpsdad6cd91.jpg Seeing I am from Australia, this choice of " colour" is pretty strange. Owner said he was very happy with it
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flguppie wrote:
A 7716 pound trailer pulled by a Touareg? And gets over 12 mpg. And tows fine without WDH?
What are we doing wrong in the US?
My 6500 lbs tall and wide Stick and Tin trailer pulled by my much larger and heavier F150 gets 11 mpg. It's 5.0L gas engine uses much cheaper gas than the VW's expensive diesel. The diesels 1 additional mpg doesn't help as the fuel use will be much more expensive.
If I didn't care about safety, I could pull my trailer without a WDH but then I would be stressing the hitch receiver which must be used with a WDH to be safe, and overload my rear axle, stressing it's suspension and handling and causing an early failure. Also underloading my front axle, taking away steering ability in slick wet conditions.
Without a WDH, using air bags, you'll still overload the rear axle and stress the hitch receiver, leading to dangerous handling and possible failure.
