This message is from: Joel a harman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Rule #1 : you always need a bigger toy than you think you need.
Rule #2 : once you pull a fifth wheel it is hard to hook
up that bumper pull.
The ONLY drawback to a fifth wheel is you can't put your camper on your
truck. Then you have to get a BIGGER fifth
wheel with living quarters in the front. BIGGER big boy toy.
I went from a 3/4T to a 1T with duals. The loss in fuel economy far
outweighs the peace of mind one has when going into that corner too fast
& feeling the single rear wheel truck lean. So buy a beater car & only
use the 1T for pulling the trailer.
Real men don't always drive a pick up.
I also went from a 16' to a 20' fifth wheel. Partly because a drunk,
uninsured, 20 yr old, eluding the police,
was driving on the sidewalk when he hit my trailer doing 40mph. I was
doing 3mph. Totaled the trailer. The unrestrained horse in the trailer
was uninjured. So I bought 2 bigger big boy toys.
If you put the horses in first & get into a predicament remember your
escape door at the front of the trailer. Much better to put carriage in
first. Then when the idiot in front of you makes you stop short the
carriage doesn't run over the horses.
Make sure your carriage will fit between the most narrow part of the
trailer. I had a 6'8" wide but it wasn't measured at the narrowest(is
that a word?) part of the trailer. As a consequence I missed carrying the
mayor of Dufur, OR in the Threshing Bee parade. Luckily someone was there
to take up the slack. Took me an hr. to maneuver my wagon into that
trailer. It fits in the new one.
different subject
Maybe fescue endophytes are why lots of mares foaled long last year.
Happy Trails
Joel Harman
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