[DeTomaso] Trailer question

[Dave Doddek]

Light tongue is very bad.  It can cause the rear of the tow vehicle to
start to wiggle and loose control.  Probably the cause of many trailer
accidents.  Too much tongue weight can cause the trailer to fishtail.  You
see many boats do this.  I have towed 6000 lbs of tractors on a tandem
trailer with a 1/2 ton pickup and when properly loaded, it handles like the
traler aint even there.

Dave "Lots of towing experience" D



At 06:21 PM 4/18/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>you don't even want negative or zero tongue load when it bounces.
> 
>Peter Kovacs
>Property Equity & Mortgage Mgmt
>209 345-6708 
>209 523-4919 fx
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>----- Original Message ----
>From: tony DiGiovanna <tonydigi at optonline.net>
>To: Will Demelo <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>; detomaso at realbig.com
>Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:59:40 PM
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Trailer question
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>General wisdom is that your tounge load should be approx 10-15% of the load
>weight.  You never ever want low, zero, or negative tounge load.  I measured
>my hitch (rear spring) deflection with both me and my neighbor (400lbs)
>standing on the hitch and then positioned the car on the trailer to match
>that deflection.  You got to watch short trailers (approaching 14 feet) as
>you may not be able to get a Pantera CG forward enough.  Also watch out for
>your trailer fenders.  Sometimes your Pantera doors will not clear them when
>they open.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
>[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Will Demelo
>Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:27 PM
>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Trailer question
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>Where do I want the Pantera to sit on the trailer? Do I want the weight to
>be balanced over the rear axles? Most of the weight is in the rear, right?
>Will
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