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Re: [Healeys] Trailer advice

To: richard mayor <boyracer466@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Trailer advice
From: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:26:41 -0400
Cc: healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>, Charles Rice <crice_home@glasgow-ky.com>
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And it is not simply about gvw but also tongue weight, what kind of hitch
you have, whether you buy the kind with stabilizer bars, etc.  My
suggestion is to go to a good hitch store, not the Subaru people.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 10:21 AM richard mayor <boyracer466@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think it depends on your definition of a "typical car hauler trailer".
> Assuming you mean an open trailer, is it single axle or dual axle. Steel =
or
> aluminum. The question is - what does it weigh and what does your Subaru
> weigh? Then add 2100 lbs for your BN2.  Check your owners manual for your
> Subaru's towing limitations.  It's not just about having enough power to
> tow a trailer ...... you also have to stop it.  There's an old saying abo=
ut
> trailers -"You don't want the tail to be wagging the dog".
>
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 11:46 PM Charles Rice via Healeys <
> healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a 2020 Subaru Outback, turbo engine.
>>
>> Can it safely pull my BN2 on a typical car hauler trailer?
>>
>> Thanks =E2=80=93 Chappy BN2
>>
>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">And i=
t is not simply about gvw but also tongue weight, what kind of hitch you ha=
ve, whether you buy the kind with stabilizer bars, etc.=C2=A0 My suggestion=
 is to go to a good hitch store, not the Subaru people.</div><div class=3D"=
gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_defaul=
t" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at=
 10:21 AM richard mayor &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com";>boyrac=
er466@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pad=
ding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">I think it depends on your definition of a =
&quot;typical car hauler trailer&quot;.=C2=A0 Assuming you mean an open tra=
iler, is it single axle or dual axle. Steel or aluminum. The question is - =
what does it weigh and what does your Subaru weigh? Then add 2100 lbs for y=
our BN2.=C2=A0 Check your owners manual for your Subaru&#39;s towing limita=
tions.=C2=A0 It&#39;s not just about having enough power to tow a trailer .=
..... you also have to stop it.=C2=A0 There&#39;s an old saying about trail=
ers -&quot;You don&#39;t want the tail to be wagging the dog&quot;. <br></d=
iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On =
Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 11:46 PM Charles Rice via Healeys &lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:healeys@autox.team.net" target=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt; =
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0=
px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang=
=3D"EN-US"><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I have a 2020 Subaru Outback, turbo =
engine.=C2=A0 <u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Can it safely pull m=
y BN2 on a typical car hauler trailer?<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNorm=
al">Thanks =E2=80=93 Chappy BN2<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u>=
</u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div><div id=3D"gmail-m_6655537676515695049gmail-m_42=
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