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Waggin Tails


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I received this from my brother and thought I would share with my RV family so we can all laugh today instead of worrying about what's not going on in Washington.

Enjoy.

 

Wouldn't you love to see how the trip went...?  Good chance he ended up doin' some unintended off roadin' somewhere.  

Check the 'hills' in the background.  

Howja like to meet this rig on a two-lane road....coming down the mountain in your direction....power steering works real good now.


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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 ('bout 160 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 axerdent.

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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'...!!  

They are out there, folks....... and they  'REPRODUCE'!
They also vote! 



-- Edited by Waggin Tails on Wednesday 27th of July 2011 10:13:26 AM



-- Edited by Waggin Tails on Wednesday 27th of July 2011 10:14:03 AM



-- Edited by Waggin Tails on Wednesday 27th of July 2011 05:55:33 PM

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Ho-lee COW!!!

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sand38


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I recon we are only limited by our imagination. confuse



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I have seen this one before and it had me searching for a video and here it is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyXgMal3C1U .



-- Edited by bjoyce on Wednesday 27th of July 2011 08:22:19 PM

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Terry and Jo


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I had seen that one as well, Bill.  I just didn't know for sure where to find it.  However, some time back, I ran across another incident where the truck just wasn't "horse" enough to pull the grade it was on.  Here is the story as I found it.  First, the text of the story:

Lesson Learned About Vehicle Weights

On our way to the China Date Ranch South of Tecopa, CA we found the road blocked by a jackknifed truck and trailer and was flagged down by a very excited but worried gentleman.  Seems he did not have enough power to pull his trailer up the hill and then it started rolling backwards with the brakes locked and tires sliding as they went backwards.  Luckily the trailer turned into the hillside rather than the other way and into the draw.  Al told him not to worry we would just pull him out and to the top of the hill.  The guy questioned if we would be able to do that to which Al replied oh sure this is a Jeep.  We hooked on the tow strap and pulled him out and up the hill with absolutely no difficulty. 

Jackknifed into Embankment

Pulling up the Grade

(Note: First paragraph written by driver of Jeep.  Later he confirmed that it was on a fairly steep grade.  It was also noted in forum that most electric trailer brakes and non-dual cylindered drum brakes are not effective in holding in a reverse motion.)

All I can say is that I don't want this experience with our RV.

Terry



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A few years ago a couple burned up their transmission on the steep hill coming into the campground we were staying in. (The campground is Eagle's Nest RV Resort in Ilwaco, WA and we will be there the first two weeks of September.) The trailer weight was too much for the truck but luckily the truck brakes and trailer brakes did work well enough to back down to a wide spot where they could disconnect the trailer. They had someone else pull it up to their campsite with a larger while a tow truck took their truck away to be repaired.

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