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towing a teener, backwards? |
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Apr 10 2010, 04:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 122 Joined: 27-October 04 From: Apache Junction viaWhidbey Is. Member No.: 3,019 Region Association: None |
On a two wheel dolly. due to circumstances beyond my control I gotta drag my rig from north of Seattle to Phoenix Anybody towed this way?? She got no motor or tranny in her and my wife does'nt like the idea of a full size trailer behind her Grand Cherokee. (she's doing the driving , I have larger responsibilities) I'm a lttle concerned with the front end waltzing all over the place. Any experience with this??
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Krank |
Apr 10 2010, 10:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 140 Joined: 11-October 09 From: Winnipeg, MB Member No.: 10,922 Region Association: Canada |
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Apr 11 2010, 04:57 AM
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14's in the 13's with ATTITUDE Group: Members Posts: 3,079 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Dazed and Confused Member No.: 2,618 Region Association: Northern California |
What about flat towing? For the future, what about flat towing fully assembled (with trans installed)? If the car being towed is sound there's no comparison, flat's the easiest and safest. I've towed with a dolly, on a trailer behind a big box truck, and flat. If you have a huge tow vehicle pick any of them, but that changes when the tow vehicle gets smaller. The dolly is almost a lane wide and gusts can steer even a compact truck. I'll never tow a dolly behind a car ever again. But behind even a mid-sized car a flat-towed 914 simply disappears. You need to look back to know it's still there. California to Texas and Texas to California several times with an Acura RL, and my son from California to Connecticut towing with a Subaru wagon. Get the Rennenmetal hitch and don't look back. |
Porcharu |
Apr 13 2010, 02:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,314 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 3,518 Region Association: Northern California |
What about flat towing? For the future, what about flat towing fully assembled (with trans installed)? If the car being towed is sound there's no comparison, flat's the easiest and safest. I've towed with a dolly, on a trailer behind a big box truck, and flat. If you have a huge tow vehicle pick any of them, but that changes when the tow vehicle gets smaller. The dolly is almost a lane wide and gusts can steer even a compact truck. I'll never tow a dolly behind a car ever again. But behind even a mid-sized car a flat-towed 914 simply disappears. You need to look back to know it's still there. California to Texas and Texas to California several times with an Acura RL, and my son from California to Connecticut towing with a Subaru wagon. Get the Rennenmetal hitch and don't look back. If you flat tow you MUST check the angle of the tow bar to the towing vehicle. I used to flat tow my old GTI with an F-150 - this had the tow bar pointing up to the truck and that 1900 lb. car could lift the back of that 4800 lb. truck under braking with no problem. Almost jack-knifed the rig the first time this happened (jerk cut me off on the freeway.) |
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