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1/2 ton dodge with trailer advice
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<blockquote data-quote="Nowland Farms" data-source="post: 560897" data-attributes="member: 2797"><p>Depending on how you look at it, SPEED will be your biggest friend or worst enemy. </p><p></p><p>Go slow enough to plan your stops and you will be OK. Too much speed will make you un-stable and un-able to stop. </p><p></p><p>I have an 86 Chevy short wheel base 4x4 that I have used to pull an 16' tralier either loaded with firewood or a tractor. I was fine every time but once when I loaded a heavy bushhog on the rear of the trailer and got on the interstate. Speed kept creeping up until I hit the bump at a bridge and the weight of the trailer rear lifted the rear end of the truck of the ground and started pushing it to the right. Instincs took over and I jumped on the breaks and cut the front wheels into the slide. When the rear of the truck bounced again, I was headed into a slide to the left. After about 4 times of squalling the tires headed in different directions. Dad yelling and me all puckered up, I finally got the truck under control and made the remaining 20 miles fine, although at a greatly reduced speed. I was careless and in a hurry. Speed almost made us jack knife & wreck the truck. I think about that experience evrytime I load the trailer. Now I make sure the load is balanced and keep the speed down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nowland Farms, post: 560897, member: 2797"] Depending on how you look at it, SPEED will be your biggest friend or worst enemy. Go slow enough to plan your stops and you will be OK. Too much speed will make you un-stable and un-able to stop. I have an 86 Chevy short wheel base 4x4 that I have used to pull an 16' tralier either loaded with firewood or a tractor. I was fine every time but once when I loaded a heavy bushhog on the rear of the trailer and got on the interstate. Speed kept creeping up until I hit the bump at a bridge and the weight of the trailer rear lifted the rear end of the truck of the ground and started pushing it to the right. Instincs took over and I jumped on the breaks and cut the front wheels into the slide. When the rear of the truck bounced again, I was headed into a slide to the left. After about 4 times of squalling the tires headed in different directions. Dad yelling and me all puckered up, I finally got the truck under control and made the remaining 20 miles fine, although at a greatly reduced speed. I was careless and in a hurry. Speed almost made us jack knife & wreck the truck. I think about that experience evrytime I load the trailer. Now I make sure the load is balanced and keep the speed down. [/QUOTE]
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