What Would YOU Do?
It's a fairly long story, but I'll try to keep to the essence. Coupla years ago we decided to upgrade from a popup to a travel trailer. Realized fairly quickly we'd need to upgrade tow vehicle as w...
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Jeremiah's picture is EXACTLY my point...
If the monocoque is good enough in stock form...then why does these modifications need to be made?...of course for the OEM's actual tow ratings
Never said monocoque can't...just that I don't like to use them that way and that they can if you use them withing the OEMs actual tow rating
Also, the TV won't instantly fall apart...just sooner when used over it's actual ratings...and the biggie...performance will be degraded (manhandling the whole setup the biggie)
Here is a link to a thread on this topic. Daughter wasn't married to this guy, yet. They both raced sport bikes. Him a Monster and her a Ninja....NOTE...that this trailer is much like towing a PUP...a higher sided/frontal trailer will be very different (more difficult/more work for both the driver and trailer)
They tried towing this trailer with her B2500 half ton (Ford Ranger) and during their test run...decided not enough TV. So they went back with his 4Runner.
The U-Haul guy helped them set it up. Daughter has more towing experience and drove it up from S Calif. Said it was just about as much as she was comfortable.
Ditto when I drove it. He had ZERO experience so thought it was good for it...then hooked it up to my Suburban and let him drive it...no more trying to explain "sex to a virgin" brick wall...
U haul trailer experience?
4RunnerTrailer SportBikeTrailer
If the monocoque is good enough in stock form...then why does these modifications need to be made?...of course for the OEM's actual tow ratings
Never said monocoque can't...just that I don't like to use them that way and that they can if you use them withing the OEMs actual tow rating
Also, the TV won't instantly fall apart...just sooner when used over it's actual ratings...and the biggie...performance will be degraded (manhandling the whole setup the biggie)
Here is a link to a thread on this topic. Daughter wasn't married to this guy, yet. They both raced sport bikes. Him a Monster and her a Ninja....NOTE...that this trailer is much like towing a PUP...a higher sided/frontal trailer will be very different (more difficult/more work for both the driver and trailer)
They tried towing this trailer with her B2500 half ton (Ford Ranger) and during their test run...decided not enough TV. So they went back with his 4Runner.
The U-Haul guy helped them set it up. Daughter has more towing experience and drove it up from S Calif. Said it was just about as much as she was comfortable.
Ditto when I drove it. He had ZERO experience so thought it was good for it...then hooked it up to my Suburban and let him drive it...no more trying to explain "sex to a virgin" brick wall...
U haul trailer experience?
4RunnerTrailer SportBikeTrailer
BenK wrote:
Posted: 04/24/10 12:02pm
Get all things in writing, especially if the 'kid' behind the counter
says something out of the ordinary or feels wacky.
Daughter came up with her BF and their sport bikes on a U-Haul trailer
Told her to check everything, including the tire pressures. Ditto get
everything in writing (the guy behind the counter asked if her dad
told her to)
Follow all of the stickers and that they are there for a reason (no
matter what the guy behind the counter says).
Notice the 55MPH is backwards as a reminder in the rear view mirror
every time you look
Here are images of the various labels on that bike trailer. Ask yourself
why would U-Haul go to all this trouble and expense both in designing,
having them made, stocking them and then having someone apply them???
snip...go there for the rest of the images
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/bentoy/Towing/CIMG0093U-Haul.jpg width=640[/ing]
OBTW, this isn't the first trailer the brought out. The others either
had tire problems, wiring problems, etc. This one had one tire low
and she insisted they air it up and told her to carry her bicycle pump
just in case (didn't need it).
