How (not) to tow your trailer

NYSpeed Automotive
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WHO NEEDS A DUALY

What’s that…? You don’t have a big pickup to tow your 6,000 lb. gooseneck trailer…fear not!!! A little careful, well thought out engineering can solve your problem…

Class lll Hitch Install… (patent pending)

Wouldn’t you love to see how this trip went…? Good chance he ended up doin’ some unintended off-roadin somewhere. Check the ‘hills’ in the background. How would you like to meet this rig on a two-lane road…coming down the mountain in your direction…?

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She’s hitched up and ready to roll!! Amazin’ how the extra weight smoothes out the ride. Needed to air up the rear tires a bit (about 60 psi).

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Added some super heavy-duty chain for extra support on the tailgate, (note the 'Heavy-Duty ‘S’ hooks to attach the chain) Also paid-up for some BIG Number 5/16 sheet metal screws to attach the Reese hitch frame to the tailgate (see 'em there? one on each side…) Likely two more through the carpet into the floor pan inside… Yep, probably overkill, but didn’t want the possibility of having an accident.

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Most of the time was spent on the front porch whittling down that MASSIVE solid pine 4x4 to fit precisely down into the hole in the ball-mount receiver.
Note also the 14"x14" piece of 3/8" plywood on the underside of the tailgate to distribute the load more evenly and beef up that tailgate support.

A MAN CAN’T BE TOO SAFE…!!

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:lol:

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what a big dumb load

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jesus. yikes.

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:repost:

http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71341

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FUUUUUCK!!! note to self: do search first

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whoever merged the threads totally just fucked me out of 5 minutes of my life trying to figure out what the fuck happened.

im like how the fuck is it a repost? its the same thread?
ugh.

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Go to pirate4x4.com search big dumb loads thread and there are 100 + pages of things like this some even worst.

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i cant believe he actually drilled the outside of the tailgate and put s-hooks through it for support. i wonder what his house looks like.

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Wow just F’in WOW

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I towed my car on the trailer about 5100lbs with my Suzuki Sidekick… Down the street. It didn’t squat too bad and still moved. That 5th wheel setup is just ridiculous.

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a buddy of mine towed his 94 dodge caravan with his plymouth sundance. :slight_smile:

that said, the sundance had alot of additional steel tying the front unibody structure to the rear and strengthening back there to support the ford 9" rear end cause he converted the car to RWD.

Brian

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Looks similar to the setup ultradriver and I came up with for his vette for the AKA rally