Learning to tow
How did you learn to drive while towing? I know this seems like a basic question, and you've all probably done it so much that it's nothing. But I've been thinking about how it's done, and the ...
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I remember being around 5-6 years old and peddling around on my tricycle and hooking a hand truck to the back and 'towing' it around... I would go "camping" with it.. Load it up and peddle out in the yard and back into my 'site' and camp..
While cute at the time, I think it helped me learn how something tows behind you..
All during the rest of my youth, I was exposed to driving early on and towing stuff around the property when I was around 14 and just kept going from there..
In my mid 20's I worked construction and towed equipment trailers from site to site, state to state, coast to coast.. These were just you typical 16-26 foot utility trailers towed with whatever vehicle was around at the time.. Sometimes a nice big 1 ton dually, but most of the time 3/4 ton vans or trucks. Once had to use a 1/2 van towing way overloaded, but back in the late 80's, no one really cared about 'tow ratings'..
Anyway, that's my "learning to tow" story... :)
I love towing anything and look forward to towing something any chance I get.. 53 years old now.. Learned a lot from my Dad growing up too, so I should plug that in too! :)
Good luck!
Mitch
While cute at the time, I think it helped me learn how something tows behind you..
All during the rest of my youth, I was exposed to driving early on and towing stuff around the property when I was around 14 and just kept going from there..
In my mid 20's I worked construction and towed equipment trailers from site to site, state to state, coast to coast.. These were just you typical 16-26 foot utility trailers towed with whatever vehicle was around at the time.. Sometimes a nice big 1 ton dually, but most of the time 3/4 ton vans or trucks. Once had to use a 1/2 van towing way overloaded, but back in the late 80's, no one really cared about 'tow ratings'..
Anyway, that's my "learning to tow" story... :)
I love towing anything and look forward to towing something any chance I get.. 53 years old now.. Learned a lot from my Dad growing up too, so I should plug that in too! :)
Good luck!
Mitch
