Needing some fast advise
I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what to tow my car trailer with. It looks like the Class C is out because the trailer weighs around 7500 lb loaded.. I am looking at a 1999 Rexhall Vi...
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You know funny I see funny things. I, probably like many, keep my DP in a storage yard that houses close to 60 Class A's, of all kinds. When I got mine, I came to the realization that I only had a 5K towing capacity, and have been wrestling with how I'm going to operate this, and do what I need to do.
As I was leaving the yard this weekend, I saw the owner of a beautiful 1999 Monaco Diplomat emptying his holding tanks pulling a 24 foot trailer.
As I past him I told him how much I liked his trailer, How beautiful his rig looked, and expressed to him how much I envied him having enough horsepower, and towing capacity to pull such a trailer.
The facts, I don't know to much about Monaco's, But much to my amazement he did this with less horsepower than my rig. His coach was only 250HP. It was almost exactly the same size and weight as my rig.
What did he have in it? Not one but (2) race cars of some sort. Ask him how much his trailer weighed, he said he thought 3900 Lbs. So needless to say he was probably significantly over gross, and had been operating this way for quite some time.
I engaged in a little small talk, and did discover he designs his trip routing to almost always avoid any serious climbs, or downgrades.
I would never under any circumstances recommend anyone operate there rigs over gross in any way, shape, or fashion.
But I can't help but wonder if the design intent of the ratings were established as safe guide lines, not a red line in the sand, never to exceed under any circumstances.
Just a thought Kent
As I was leaving the yard this weekend, I saw the owner of a beautiful 1999 Monaco Diplomat emptying his holding tanks pulling a 24 foot trailer.
As I past him I told him how much I liked his trailer, How beautiful his rig looked, and expressed to him how much I envied him having enough horsepower, and towing capacity to pull such a trailer.
The facts, I don't know to much about Monaco's, But much to my amazement he did this with less horsepower than my rig. His coach was only 250HP. It was almost exactly the same size and weight as my rig.
What did he have in it? Not one but (2) race cars of some sort. Ask him how much his trailer weighed, he said he thought 3900 Lbs. So needless to say he was probably significantly over gross, and had been operating this way for quite some time.
I engaged in a little small talk, and did discover he designs his trip routing to almost always avoid any serious climbs, or downgrades.
I would never under any circumstances recommend anyone operate there rigs over gross in any way, shape, or fashion.
But I can't help but wonder if the design intent of the ratings were established as safe guide lines, not a red line in the sand, never to exceed under any circumstances.
Just a thought Kent
