towing vehicle
This message is from: Tamarack Lamb Wool [EMAIL PROTECTED] I definitely agree that it is important to have adequate truck, not to pull the trailer, but to stop it, and to hold it steady when hitting road debris or wandering off the edge of the pavement. Trailer brakes fail for a number of reasons and you want enough truck to hold the whole rig. It is a mass thing...too light a truck and that trailer is going to push it, or too light a truck and the trailer will pull it right off the road. It is not the pulling power that is the issue, it is stability when something goes wrong that is important. It takes a heavy truck to hold a heavy trailer stable. Janet -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: towing
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We tow with a Chevy 2500 HD Duramax Diesel, with Allison tranmission, we could tow our house. We had a 1500 but going up hills it was a dog. For the additional money get the 2500, you will not be disappointed.
Re: towing
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/17/05 9:29:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been looking at pickups ...ford f150/f250, Chevy 1500/2500 because of the rotten luck with the Durango I have ruled out the ram. Anyone towing with these vehicles? i am no expert, since i only haul about twice a year, but hubby, the truck guru, just bought a small chevy 4x4, 1500, specifically because we could haul our 2-horse (1 fjord) trailer securely with it. is has a towing package and is geared for good mileage (for a truck), too. before that we hauled it with his ford lightening f150, also with a towing package and it worked fine. just my two cents... laurie and oz
Re: Dakota Towing
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sent this privately to Jayne, but decided to post to the List as well: Jayne, you should have NO problem hauling w/ this rigmy friend who lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains, off the grid at about 3,500' elv. over in Calif, has the same truck/trailer set up. They live on a 400 acre ranch off of a 3 mi. very steep (scary steep IMO!) dirt road, and they haul 2 full sized QHs on a reg basis higher up into the mtns. to about 9,000'elv. to horse camp.Someof the places they haul into are quite long steep also.Its a GREAT truck!They have had it for over 5 years now. I think they DO have sway bars and really good beefed up brakes. Their trailer is a large (6'8 tall)2 horse, but it is built w/ a chestbar, and the horses have detachable mangers that snap into place.Her hubby is an ER doc, and is a super weekend mechanic. They are very thorough, self sufficient folks, and do not cut corners. I'd go for it, especially if you don't have the mountains like we do back there.If you want Jayne, I can fwd. my friends email address you can discuss w/ her how she her husband worked-out their Dakota truck/trailer situation. Karen McCarthy Great Basin Fjords :: Carson City, Nv http://www.picturetrail.com/weegees Karen McCarthyGreat Basin Fjords :: Carson City, Nevadahttp://www.picturetrail.com/weegeesOriginal Message Follows From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com (Fjord List - Send To) Subject: Dakota Towing Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:38:07 + This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Everyone has an opinion, here's mine. I've been hauling horses or heavy equipment with pickups for around twenty years. Your none horse friends are correct, your Dakota will only tow a normal horse trailer if the weight in the truck is kept to a minimum and the land being towed across is fairly flat. Your truck should have the following equipment, Factory towing package, this includes, transmission and engine oil cooler, heavy duty flasher, to handle the extra load from the traler. Heavyer duty tires and higher numarical gearing, 3:73 is considered minimum. Larger mirrors, to view the trailer and lanes. The real key to determining if your truck will perform the duty you want is to load it up with the gear you will normaly take on your horse outings, tack, feed, people needs, full tank of gas, etc., and then weight it, with people inside it. This will give you the weight the truck weights with your preferred equipment in the back. Subtrack this number from the Gross Combined Weight Rating your truck has, if you can't find it in the owners manual, this can be found either online at www.Carpoint.com or by calling a local Dodge dealer. Once you subtrack the weighed weight of the listed truck from the listed Gross Combined Vehicle Weight Rating (GCVWR)you will have the amount of towing capacity remaining for actual towing. For this truck normally runs 3,000 pounds. One more thing, The towing capacity of any vehicle is figured by the factory as one person in the drivers seat, around 180lbs, half a tank of gas, and nothing else. Regards, DMTFarms Protect your PC - Click here for McAfee.com VirusScan Online
Dodge Dakota - Towing
This message is from: Cheryl Beillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had exactly the same truck until the spring of last year, when I purchased my spiffy Sundowner new material prototype trailer . a Brenderup Lookalike that takes two, is made of Kevlar and weighs under 3,000 lbs. To my knowledge, few other two horse trailers would be as light. As it was, I towed a couple of times with it, and it was a little dicey at times .. then I investigated the legal requirements etc. and found the combination was just too close to the wire .. and after towing two horses through a very hilly section of NY state last fall, with my NEW 1999 Dodge Ram, with the 8 ft box for my cart -- I realized that my original truck would never have done it. Ditto for heavy snow/mud, etc and the hill leading to my farm in dead of winter (when I have to get out to do the Xmas/winter sleighing events with the Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa). I loved my Dakota Quad but I love my Dodge Ram more, not only for the bigger box and ability to take sleighs and carts along with me with no problem .. but the security that comes with knowing there is no longer that question mark about whether the trailer/truck combo will be up to the unexpected .. My advice, I'm afraid, is .. get a bigger truck.
towing
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Jayne - I am sure there are a lot of people on the list with more towing experience than I have, but for the past 9 1/2 years I have towed with a 6cyl Ford Explorer. It is rated to tow 5,000 lb too. The trailer weighs 2,000lb, an aluminium Kingston, and I figure the horses at 1000 each. It is a standard transmission. I have found it barely adequate, and have 161,000 miles on the car without any major trouble till the transmission gave out this winter. I towed every summer about 30 times, Pony Club, trail rides, etc. The longest trips were to Vermont and western NY state (from CT) with just one horse. You are driving an underpowered vehicle, but I always felt it towed well with no swaying. I just had to think ahead a lot. I have just bought an 8cyl Toyota Tundra but haven't towed with it yet. Should be fun. So I guess I would say, based on my experience, it is possible, but you will be aware you do not have the power you wish you had. If it is flat you probably will be fine, if it is hilly or if the trailer weighs over 2,000 you will be borderline. Valerie
Dakota Towing
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Everyone has an opinion, here's mine. I've been hauling horses or heavy equipment with pickups for around twenty years. Your none horse friends are correct, your Dakota will only tow a normal horse trailer if the weight in the truck is kept to a minimum and the land being towed across is fairly flat. Your truck should have the following equipment, Factory towing package, this includes, transmission and engine oil cooler, heavy duty flasher, to handle the extra load from the traler. Heavyer duty tires and higher numarical gearing, 3:73 is considered minimum. Larger mirrors, to view the trailer and lanes. The real key to determining if your truck will perform the duty you want is to load it up with the gear you will normaly take on your horse outings, tack, feed, people needs, full tank of gas, etc., and then weight it, with people inside it. This will give you the weight the truck weights with your preferred equipment in the back. Subtrack this number from the Gross Combined Weight Rating your truck has, if you can't find it in the owners manual, this can be found either online at www.Carpoint.com or by calling a local Dodge dealer. Once you subtrack the weighed weight of the listed truck from the listed Gross Combined Vehicle Weight Rating (GCVWR)you will have the amount of towing capacity remaining for actual towing. For this truck normally runs 3,000 pounds. One more thing, The towing capacity of any vehicle is figured by the factory as one person in the drivers seat, around 180lbs, half a tank of gas, and nothing else. Regards, DMTFarms
free feeding hay/ towing trucks
This message is from: Janet McNally [EMAIL PROTECTED] re: free choice round bales... the trick to prevent obesity is to select lower quality hay, so they can eat as much as they want. High fiber (NDF 55) restricts intake by filling them up...kinda like high fiber unsugared cereal...only so much you will eat. the draw back is they do get a hay belly from the volume of hay they consume. This dissapears in a couple of months of restricted feeding higher quality feed, but is not the look you want if you show your horses. re: towing trucks, it is not just wether your truck can pull the trailer, but how well it can stop. be sure that trailer has good brakes of its own as a dakota is rather light in weight and without trailer brakes, the trailer will push the truck. Also, you may do ok on flat land, but take that rig into hills and mountains, and I become rather dubious that you have enough truck. Janet W McNally
NEED A GREAT TOWING VEHICLE???
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Fjordfriends, We're attempting to downsize here on the farm and are offering our '94 Chevrolet Suburban for sale. It's been extremely well kept and in showroom condition. 'Mileage is 76,870 and it's loaded with options. The asking price is $15,000. which is Kelley Blue Book value. This is absolutely the most comfortable towing vehicle we have ever owned! If interested, please call or e-mail. Thanks, Karen Emirzian Green Meadow Farm Wilbraham, Massachusetts phone: 413/596-9009
