IMO a single axle trailer is far preferable provided you don't need the added capacity. There is a lot of tire scrub and twisting in a tandem setup, and consequently lots of tire failures too.
Chris Reinhardt wrote: > Sounds like a single axle??? I was looking at the tandem axle trailers, > mucho heavier than the single axle. I was thinking if you had a tandem, that > would be a hell of strain on a v6... > > CR > >edward capullo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >>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 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 >>> >>> >>> >>>--------------------------------- >>>Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast >>>with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut. >>> >>> >> >>--------------------------------- >>Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. >> >> > > > >--------------------------------- >Never Miss an Email >Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! 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