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Subject: [Fot] trailer stuff
From: trmarty at hotmail.com (marty)
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 17:20:16 +0000
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Need some feedback from all you trailer guys.  My history has been pulling my 
Spitfire on an aluminum open trailer with a F-150 and upgraded to a new F250 
SWR last year. I could barely ever notice that I was pulling a trailer. Fast 
forward to a few months ago. I purchased a 2004 CargoMate enclosed trailer/toy 
hauler. 28 foot box  10 foot tall. 12,500 GVW, torsion axles. I spent the last 
few months going over mechanicals.  New load rage F trailer tires. New Curt bar 
style distribution hitch. Truck has a 12,400 trailer capacity and 1,250 max 
tongue  weight. The trailer as it sits right now with the car in it is 9,300 
pounds and tongue weight is 1025 pounds. The engine of the car is pretty much 
centered over the axles.  I have been test driving it yesterday and today to 
get a feel for it as I had planed to make the 450 mile trek to Blackhawk farms 
this coming Thursday. Winds here have been 21 mph, gusting to 28.  I can feel 
the trailer pulling me side to side quite a bit. Traveling at speed is a bit 
unnerving. I have gone over everything time and time again and everything looks 
proper and too the book.  I don't know if this is normal and I just have a 
learning curve to go through going from a light open trailer to this tank or is 
there something I am missing. What you say?

Thanks,
Marty
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