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09-16-2009, 12:37 PM
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Who has towing experience?
What does it take? I want to go get my pop up camper but my fathers telling me I shouldnt tow it for a 3 hr drive my first time.
I mean come on, how much is there?
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09-16-2009, 12:40 PM
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go to a parking lot and practice?
if you don't know what you are doing you might get some other motorist killed when you start to fishtail and loose control causing yourself to roll and hitting a tree.
the other motorist may follow you off the road and hit the same tree.
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09-16-2009, 12:42 PM
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yeah it takes a little practice, its the backing up thats really hard if youve never done it b4
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09-16-2009, 12:43 PM
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Ah fuck it im just gonna bring multiple tents and have my own tent city. It's a slick move.
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Originally Posted by Mercury
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i've struck the absolute perfect balance between gay and smart
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#yahooka trivia king.
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09-16-2009, 12:44 PM
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the backing up is the only thing that requires thought. you seem to be able to make coherent sentences, id say just go for it 
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09-16-2009, 12:47 PM
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Well it needs to be registered, tire replace, driven 6 hrs total and cleaned... soo... next year
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Originally Posted by Mercury
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i've struck the absolute perfect balance between gay and smart
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#yahooka trivia king.
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09-16-2009, 12:50 PM
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No1 knowz aboot towing...
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09-16-2009, 12:55 PM
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Depends on the length/weight. If it's a pop up trailer, presumably you can see over it, so reversing should be piss easy. Just remember to take yo' corners wider, and drive a bit "softer" on the whole. And accelerate smoothly if you do fishtail brah, forward inertia creates teh weight on whatever you're towing and plants it on the straight and true.
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09-16-2009, 12:56 PM
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I've towed our boat a few times and like everyone said, its the backing up that takes some practice. Other than that you just need to be a little more cautious, check mirrors more, and don't be up on anyone ass.
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shut up snowmayne, you're too sober to comprehend anything.
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09-16-2009, 01:08 PM
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just take slightly wider turns. towing a popup shouldn't be a problem at all. if you have a weak car then just watch the temp in case it overheats.
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09-16-2009, 01:20 PM
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Usually trailers of a certain weight requires a class C license. Normal licenses are D.
like most said, just gotta take wider turns, longer brake distance going forward, and turn the wheel opposite the norm when backing up.
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09-16-2009, 03:38 PM
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if you outfit your car with inertia suppressors, it makes things much easier
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09-16-2009, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck Palahniuk
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Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won't. We're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.
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09-16-2009, 05:05 PM
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09-16-2009, 05:31 PM
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Wow, Geeno. Who knew?
Thank you for asking that question.
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09-16-2009, 07:01 PM
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^damn, thanks
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Originally Posted by Mercury
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i've struck the absolute perfect balance between gay and smart
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#yahooka trivia king.
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09-16-2009, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Geeno
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Ah fuck it im just gonna bring multiple tents and have my own tent city. It's a slick move.
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you dirty dirty hippie.
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09-16-2009, 07:41 PM
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you should go
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Originally Posted by Mercury
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i've struck the absolute perfect balance between gay and smart
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09-16-2009, 07:46 PM
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one time I saw a truck that flipped that was pulling a pop up camper. I'm pretty sure they fish tailed and only like half the camper was still hooked on and the other half was shattered. It was a pretty cool accident scene.
I would say it depends where you are going and how the weather will be.
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09-16-2009, 08:07 PM
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When you are backing up and want the trailer to go left, turn the steering wheel left, and go slow so you don't jack knife that shit....Take wide turns and when the roads are wet and if they aren't take it easy on the speed Casey and leave plenty of room for breaking.
Take it to a lot to try some of this out before the day, it's all about the confidence.
Take care and enjoy.
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