rjstractor wrote:
Let's see...
Towed an ancient Oasis travel trailer over the Cascades when I was 20, with a Mazda pickup, with a hitch that was bolted to the bumper.
Drove an old Winnebago Indian motorhome to from the Seattle area to Helena, Montana in the dead of winter.
Hauled a large slide in camper in an F250 without a clue of what any of my weights were, using stake-pocket tie downs.
And the ultimate RV.net taboo, pulled a toad for thousands of miles WITHOUT A SUPPLEMENTAL BRAKING SYSTEM!! And yet I have never been arrested, sued, injured, maimed, killed...or even come close to hitting anyone.
Oh, my, pulling a toad without a braking system; Been there, did that, clear across the country!
In fact, I towed a '63 Corvair Spyder from Northwestern Montana to Seattle with a home-made towbar clamped to the front bumper, behind a 1951 Ford F-1.
I towed a 32 foot triple slide fifth wheel at a GCW of over 21,000 lbs. with a 1994 Dodge 3500 CTD that was rated at 18,000 GCW.
I hauled firewood with a Chevy half ton 4X4 with three foot side-boards. The wood was split and stacked tightly in the bed of the truck, to the top of the side-boards.
In all of the above; nothing bent, nothing broke, nobody was injured or died.
