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Re: [Spridgets] Trailer towing

To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Trailer towing
From: Lee Fox <lee.fox@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:41:56 -0500
Phil,
If you have trailer brakes you should be fine.
We towed our '79 Midget (1850 lbs.) on a tow dolly (350 lbs?) to 
Colorado and back last summer with no problems with a 4 cly. Camry. The 
manual said the limit was 1500 lbs. Braking in the mountains was at the 
limit. Electric brakes would have done the trick.
See you in Elkhart Lake. (I'm driving it this time.)
Lee

On 10/23/2010 1:00 PM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote:
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:45:46 -0400
> From: Phil Nase<nases@verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Trailer towing
> To: "netSpridgets@autox.team. Net"<spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Message-ID:<DEA131A5-37CE-4123-87D0-09F97FAE6E5E@verizon.net>
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> There is no factory tow package on the truck. The trailer is tandem axle with
> electric brakes on all 4 wheels. I plan to add a prodigy brake controller if
> the truck will handle the load.
>
> Phil Nase
> Quakertown, PA
> home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa/
>
> On Oct 23, 2010, at 11:15 AM, Phil Nase<nases@verizon.net>  wrote:
>
>> >  My pick up towing limit is 3500 lbs.  A trailer I'm looking at is 1450 
>lbs.
>> >  With a Sprite and a few tools on the trailer I figure I'll be very close 
>to
>> >  the limit.
>> >  I'll be driving from Eastern PA to Elkhart Lake with it. Is this a bad
> idea,
>> >  assuming I really don't want to trash the truck?
>> >
>> >  Phil Nase
>> >  Quakertown, PA
>> >  _____________________________________________
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