05-02-2003, 11:24 AM
Hey Dennis, nice pic.
On the subject of towing. Most people just don't have enough common sense when it comes to towing things around.
Even a big truck towing a small trailer can be dangerous if the weight is wrong. Usually too little
weight. Makes a trailer sway all over the place. I've pulled my 26' camp trailer with a sand buggy behind it and had no problems. But when I come down the hill from Eureka to Elberta, I never get over 10M.P.H. As long as you go slow, you can keep it safe. A good rule to follow is to go down a hill one gear lower than you went up it.
By the way, I have a C.D.L. and have driven overweight trucks all over the western U.S. I've been over Rogers pass in the columbia river gorge, Wolf Creek into Colorado, Hiway88 and Donners out of California, and many more with an overweight under braked drill rig.It just takes common sense and knowing what you are capable of.
I do think that people should be required to get a special license for pullin doubles and I think senior citizens in 75' motor homes should need a special oversize license.
Arizona is the only state I know of that doesn't allow doubles of any kind. At least thats what the truck drivers I deal with every day tell me. I load double belly dumps all day every day, and they are safer than half the guys out there pulling normal sized loads with pickups.
walleyebob
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On the subject of towing. Most people just don't have enough common sense when it comes to towing things around.
Even a big truck towing a small trailer can be dangerous if the weight is wrong. Usually too little
weight. Makes a trailer sway all over the place. I've pulled my 26' camp trailer with a sand buggy behind it and had no problems. But when I come down the hill from Eureka to Elberta, I never get over 10M.P.H. As long as you go slow, you can keep it safe. A good rule to follow is to go down a hill one gear lower than you went up it.By the way, I have a C.D.L. and have driven overweight trucks all over the western U.S. I've been over Rogers pass in the columbia river gorge, Wolf Creek into Colorado, Hiway88 and Donners out of California, and many more with an overweight under braked drill rig.It just takes common sense and knowing what you are capable of.
I do think that people should be required to get a special license for pullin doubles and I think senior citizens in 75' motor homes should need a special oversize license.
Arizona is the only state I know of that doesn't allow doubles of any kind. At least thats what the truck drivers I deal with every day tell me. I load double belly dumps all day every day, and they are safer than half the guys out there pulling normal sized loads with pickups.
walleyebob
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