Our first TV, we've come a long way..
We were kids (is what I'm telling) when we started pulling a travel trailer. Our first TV was a 1977 F-150. We towed without fear where ever we wanted to go, coast or mountains. I added an extra le...
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I was a Weight Police scofflaw from the beginning. When I was 20 I had a new 1987 Mazda B2600 4x4 with 102 hp and a wrenching 130 ft.lbs of torque. Advertised towing capacity was 1500 lbs., but I cheated death and destruction by towing a 1970 16' Aljo travel trailer. I never weighed it but I estimate it weighed at least 2000 lbs. dry. Despite being a tiny, underpowered tow vehicle, once I got it set up with an ancient Kelsey-Hayes brake controller, a TorkLift receiver hitch and EZlift WD bars it handled surprisingly well, pulling northwest mountain passes at 40-45 mph. I would also load the bed with firewood while pulling an old trailer made from a Ford pickup, also filled with firewood. No idea what it weighed but I pulled it anyway.
