From: John Whitling
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [F500] The trip from Hell or why I shouldnt buy anF500inthe
Winter
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:46:21 -0500
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 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
>>>
>>>
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