Chris
It is a Haulmark Transport DLX 6x12 -total length is 14ft. It came with a
spl pkg that included various items but one I appreciated was the added 6"
height which brought total interior height to 74" so at 6ft I didnt have to
duck to get in. It is a true 12ft interior length.
Ed Capullo
From: Chris Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [F500] The trip from Hell or why I shouldnt buy an F500inthe
Winter
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:39:57 -0800 (PST)
Eddie, how big is that trailer?
CR
edward capullo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
CR
I just was skimming the highlights. I left off the part about missing the
exit Sat night and taking I90 in the dark (would have been a disaster as I
would have been heading toward Erie where they had already had a major
pileup earlier in the week from whiteout conditions) Finally got a Uturn at
the toll booth so I could go back to I80 that I wanted to get to I480 and
then I77 In the daylight with no swirling snow would never have happened.
Then there was the tractor trailer and I headed right toward each other in
a
run around the building at the Pilot truck stop in NJ both trying to find
parking. All in all my little Dodge V6 Dakota 4x2 did well.We went 1938
miles r/t and burned 130 gals of gas which except for CT(2.29) was usually
costing us from 1.97 in NJ to 2.13 in PA (2.22 on the Tpke) 2.09 in Ohio
and
2.17 in MI. What were you doing in Rochester..escaping Westchester?
Capt Eddie
>From: Chris Reinhardt
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [F500] The trip from Hell or why I shouldnt buy an F500
inthe
>Winter
>Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:16:56 -0800 (PST)
>
> Ed, didn't sound all that bad???
> You could driven through the Rochester area on the way back....
>
> CR
>
> PS There was a game on yesterday? I didn't think NASCAR started till
>next weekend...
>
>edward capullo wrote:
> This past weekend I left nice warm southern CT to go get a trailer and
>the
>KBS that Pat McRee was selling me. The trip to Swanton (Toledo) wasn't
too
>difficult except up on the Allegheny ridges at 2200ft level where there
was
>snow ice and a bit of fog going over I80. Afterstaying overnite in
Swanton
>got the brand new Haulmark 9x12 from Zero Gravity Trailer sales (very
nice
>people to deal with) and ran up US 23 to Flint MI and then to Lapeer
where
>the car was. High winds and some blowing snow in the fields but nothing
>major except the cold and the empty trailer held up well (it has the
round
>nose not the V). By the time we loaded everyting in the truck bed and
>trailer it was in hard blowing snow. We left to go back to Toledo via
MI24
>to I75 through Detroit. It has been many years since I lived and drove in
>upstate NY and I had forgotten just how bad it is to drive in whiteout
>conditions. Fortunately snow ended by Toledo and our run over I80/90 to
>Cleveland was only windy. Stayed in Independence and visited Jeff
>Blumenthall. Admired his two KBS cars and discussed setups etc. Next
>morning windy but sunny and no snow so had a pretty tame trip but chose
to
>go over the PA Tpke (world's most expensive toll road) so we could go
thru
>the ridges rather than over them. After stopping in Harrisburg to see my
>oldest daughter who I hadnt seen since her wedding five years ago had a
>tame
>trip up thru Jersey/NY and CT getting home to find the furnace had gone
off
>during a power interruption 24hrs before. Fortunately no pipes burst but
it
>is pretty bad when the truck is warmer than the house. I have to say that
>the Haulmark trailer towed flawlessly even in wind and snow. I now have a
>great respect for the people of the Lakes states who have to battle such
>conditions every Winter. I also now remember why I left upstate NY affter
>driving in and shovelling the "white rain" in zero and sub zero temps
from
>1954 until 1971. Anyway the new addition is sitting in the heated garage.
>Oh
>yeah I guess there was some game I listened to on the radio as we were
>heading back
>Ed Capullo
>
>
>
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