Trip Completed, Tow worked fine, Truck was strong and trailer was nice.
Uhaul trailer did not allow for balancing load as it had fixed tire location
for front tires but seemed ok. Dropped 3 to 4" when loaded. Surge brake
worked nice and pretty smooth throughout. Took my time and had a nice tow -
trip. Thanks, to all who offered advise and would have to say Uhaul trailer
& people also helpful. Ed
>>Good Advise, I'll be sure to take it easy and inflate tires. Thanks
>>Ed
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> brakes.
>Trip Completed, Tow worked fine, Truck was strong and trailer was nice.
>Uhaul trailer did not allow for balancing load as it had fixed tire location
>for front tires but seemed ok. Dropped 3 to 4" when loaded. Surge brake
>worked nice and pretty smooth throughout. Took my time and had a nice tow -
>trip. Thanks, to all who offered advise and would have to say Uhaul trailer
>& people also helpful. Ed
Glad to hear it went smooth for you. Mine did not. While I
had my wife at the dentist for an extraction and the dentist
was and hour late anyway, my SIL's Explorer had a
catastrophic water pump rejection event. I volunteered to
take the car trailer to retrieve it about 70 miles away.
After having missed breakfast and lunch, I finally got
backed up to the trailer and coupled w/o a problem. Noticed
brakes were not working. More or less tracked problem to
socket. Went to shop for meter and screwdriver to repair
socket. Got back and noticed I had backed over a large
piece of scrap metel which easily defeated the part of the
RR tire that holds the air in making it usless. BIL arrive
to observe problem and get his chuckles at my expense. Good
hearted as he is, he insisted on just hooking his new Tundra
up and making the trip since it was better than my lowly
F150 for the job anyway. Eventually got dead Explorer
loaded and headed back. Got caught in Atlanta PM rush hour.
After working our way mostly through that, encountered
aftermath of SUV trying to occupy same space on roadway a TT
and lost another 1 1/2 hours watching taillights of cars in
front. Missed dinner at home and pissed off wife while in
traffic. Finally got off freeway and stopped to pick up new
water pump for Explorer. As usual, Pep Boys did not have all
of needed parts. BIL turned corner too short into curb
turning into Advance to collect rest of parts and destroys
LF trailer tire for which we have no spare because the other
trailer is out of state on loan to the church along with the
spare tire since I usually only use one trailer at a time
and they have the same wheel package. Everything is closed
for tires. After making a few phone calls to friends and
aquaintances for another tire or wheel, we found one.
Uncoupled the Tundra and made 50 mile RT for spare trailer
tire. Returned and replaced tire on trailer finding lugs
could not be tightened well on spare alloy wheel with
regular nuts. Found a couple of old cap nuts in parking lot
of closed tire store. Got it re-coupled and continued last
15 miles home at 25 MPH just in case the wheel fell off. By
then, wife had cooled down along with dinner and served it
cold late in the evening. After eating anf having made it
home in one piece, we figured our luck must have changed or,
at least, run it's course so, we decided to unload the
Explorer from the trailer before calling it a day. We put
the ramps down and took the chains off. As SIL starts to
back Explorer off the trailer, I saw the rear of the Tundra
lift a bit before the tailgate came off at high speed. He
(we?) had forgotten to put down the rear stands under the
trailer to support it and my BIL had already removed the
lock from the coupler which allowed it to release from the
ball. So, today, I suppose, I get to learn the cost of a
new Tundra tailgate and wonder whether I should try to do
anything today without getting killed. I am certainly
cautious about replacing the water pump this morning for
fear of what else may go wrong. Could this Explorer be some
kind of jinx?
Good luck
Lugnut
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TopPoster - 21 Jun 2005 15:00 GMT
It's all cyclical. We have good days, we have bad. The good news is
you're in for a WICKEDLY cool day in the near future. ;)
> Glad to hear it went smooth for you. Mine did not. While I
> had my wife at the dentist for an extraction and the dentist
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Adelphia - 22 Jun 2005 13:43 GMT
Some points I didnt focus on: Left 30 minutes early from house took wrong
turn within mile of house (auto pilot to work instead of RT) wasted 30
minutes. Traffic all the way through CT, Bridgeport 1 hr. behind. Stopped
for McGriddle at McDs, cold. 1:15 behind, finally get to entrance to NJ
turnpike, 30 min to get on (dead body on side of road, major traffic, Had to
overshoot destination 1 hr to pick up trailer, return to pick up car 3 hrs
behind. left NJ at 3:00pm hit traffic at every city on 95. Too late to stop
at stafford speedway for Busch North race as planned, decided to take a
break in CT at Foxwoods (dropped 100.00 in slots) finish trip home (arrive
1:00am)to find rig too long to park on street, parked 3 blocks away at
church. Got up at 7:00 AM to drive rig home, unload and drop off trailer at
local Uhaul. done by 12:00 noon.
Hope this helps a little. Ed
>>Trip Completed, Tow worked fine, Truck was strong and trailer was nice.
>>Uhaul trailer did not allow for balancing load as it had fixed tire
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lugnut - 22 Jun 2005 21:44 GMT
>Some points I didnt focus on: Left 30 minutes early from house took wrong
>turn within mile of house (auto pilot to work instead of RT) wasted 30
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>local Uhaul. done by 12:00 noon.
>Hope this helps a little. Ed
See, a little comiserating does help! While replacing the
failed water pump, my air ratched died. Then, I had my SIL
remove the fan hub. He dropped the sucker and busted one of
the fan blades out. Not one in Atlanta. Arrived late last
night and job finally completed in wee hours. Now, they
want $100 to repair a $100 ratchet and I expect to get the
bill for the tire that was blown on the trailer and the
estimate to replace the Tundra tailgate. Have yet to get
thanks from SIL to BIL for his help. So much for helping
the family save a couple of bucks!
Lugnut
>>>Trip Completed, Tow worked fine, Truck was strong and trailer was nice.
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