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Trailer or Vehicle
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because, when you ask 10 people, you get 11 different opinions.
Well, I am happy to add my own.
We used to flat tow a Lincoln MKX for the past couple of years and we used the hitch and braking system mentioned above in other posts.
It worked well for us and it probably took no more than 10 minutes to hook-up and get going.
Meantime, we purchased our favorite car. Our 4th Porsche. You can not flat-tow a Porsche and I would not really want to, anyways.
So, we had a custom trailer built for this car. A trailer just long enough to handle this car. All aluminum.
We can hitch up the trailer, load and secure the car and go in about 15 minutes.
The trailer weighs under 1000 lbs. and 2 people can easily push and pull it a short distance. We have done this a few times now.
Yes, camp grounds can be an issue. But, we are short enough, relatively speaking, to fit into most pull-throughs.
Having an open trailer makes us less visible (ha ha).
You have to make phone calls ahead of time to assure they accept your rig.
Whether flat towing or towing a trailer, we ALWAYS and first visually survey the lot assigned to us to make sure, that we can get in.
We have had too many instances where we relied on what we were told, only to find ot, we could not get into the lot. So an extra 5-10 minutes walking the (and to) the lot will provide peace of mind.
So far, towing our trailer has not been an issue or a PITA.
Cheers,
Ronald
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In my searches I have found a very interesting custom build trailer mfg. Jimglo is based in Golden Valley Arizona. This company was started, from his website.
How it all started… Jimmy, our founder (and the Jim in JIMGLO), was fed up with trying to load his 1969 Camaro drag car onto an ordinary trailer. With only 2” of ground clearance, he set out to build a trailer that would not require the front of the trailer to be jacked up and the use of extra long ramps to load the car. The wheels in his head began to turn and the JIMGLO TiltBed was born. That was in 1988. Many years later and several thousand tilt bed trailers under our belt, the basic concept of the JIMGLO TiltBed remains the same today
I have not purchases from this company but they seem to have the needs of those with custom cars or custom requirements in mind when they build trailers. Perhaps this company might be of interest to those looking for a trailer. Hope you find it of interest.
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Do any of the newer Prevosts come with a 10K hitch anymore (XLll era) I think most seem to be the 20k since around 99 or so… anyways, pulling a stacker with the Prevost is more work but it is fine with a proper setup.
Lotta guys here do not seem to have the Allison retarder. My bus with retarder and triple axle stacker stops fast for what it is.
I have a 40 footer so with a 24ft stacker very close to legal (although you would probably have to work real har dto ever get a ticket) and in the 2 RV parks I have been in it was no issue at pull through sites.
At about 70 feet you are a bit longer than your average semi….if you see them getting in and out of places, so can you.
Cameras are key, one on back of trailer for backing up, also nice to have a couple inside to keep an eye on things.
If you get the right stacker, and load it correctly and have the 20K hitch you should not have problems.
I will post up details and photos of mine all setup and weighed…I am at 1380lbs hitch weight when I have the trailer completey loaded…and that is not often
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Apart from being able to bring a lot of stuff, or to protect a car or bikes the biggest advantage to a trailer is you can back up, something not possible with a car being flat towed.
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Moved from duplicate thread.
12/15/2014 11:40:02 PM
– Thread – Dawn 
Trailer or Vehicle Howdy All,
I couldn’t post in the thread I started and hated started a new one about the same topic, but here goes. I pretty much think because everyone was super duper quick to educate my husband and I, we are going to buy another……..drumroll…..VEHICLE!!!!
It’s gonna be a Jeep Wrangler X Unlimited 4×4 Automatic. Ok is that right? Isn’t that pretty much what the consensus was to be the least hassle and trickey? We probably won’t go any newer than a 2012.
Now, we have to find the jeep, buy the jeep, get a tow bar installed and I guess some sort of brake?
Is that all?
Thanks so much Everyone!
TiTforTaT
Butch & Dawn
2000 Featherlite Vantare H3-45
McKinney, TX
12/16/2014 2:07:51 AM
SEABYRD
Dawn…
That will be a good choice and yes once you have your vehicle you can have your base plate installed and get your towbar that you decide on and brakes if desired and be on your way.
Blue Ox or Roadmaster ??
Keep us all posted on what you decide.
Diane
Larry & Diane Byrd, Lufkin, Texas.
2005 Liberty Elegant Lady H3-45.
2015 Suburban 4WD LTZ
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“Now, we have to find the jeep, buy the jeep, get a tow bar installed and I guess some sort of brake?
Is that all? “
You need lights.
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you forgot about this ….
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Ahh yes BA, the most used tool in the box.
Later
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you forgot about this ….
Al, we used that to buy new tires, new norgrens, new air tanks, new shocks, new hoses, new belts, new air bags, 4 slides, new LED’s, new fridge, new TV’s… etc. There is nothing left. All gone.Now standing on the corner for diesel money. 🙁
MM.
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Les…
Our Blue Ox came as a kit including the lights… baseplate, wiring kit, light cable, and towbar and safety cables.. the other option is whether or not to add brakes which we did.
Can also go all out and add a dash camera which we did !!
Also Pressure Pro all around !!
Cheers, Diane
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Diane,
The only thing negative about our dash cam is that it records audio. In some ways it might be a good thing as it is making me try to clean up my act and reduce my “sailor descriptive phrases” when driving challenged individuals make poor choices. 🙂
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My wife avoids audio by using hand signals to drivers that exercise poor judgement. A single finger is the most common non-audio communication, but on certain occasions she expresses the sentiment in non-verbal stereo.
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Glad to see you’re keeping two hands on the wheel 🙂
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I have no need to take my hands off the wheel. She is very prompt at expressing our feelings to drivers who have had a lapse in judgment, to the point where she actually gets out of her seat so she can get right up to the windshield to express herself.
I suspect she is not alone in how she communicates to some others.
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Is she from NJ? 🙂
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