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|    Bob La Londe to Snag    |
|    Re: Small Engine Tach/Speed/Clearance- S    |
|    08 Feb 26 15:56:36    |
      From: none@none.com99              On 2/8/2026 3:42 PM, Snag wrote:       > On 2/8/2026 3:15 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:       >> On 2/8/2026 2:09 PM, Snag wrote:       >>> I've got the racks front and rear plus a receiver hitch so I can take       >>> my big trailer close then use the little one to ferry the rounds out       >>> of the woods .       >>       >>       >> AS a biker I am sure you already know this but be careful when towing       >> the "big trailer" with a light vehicle like that, It can go bad very       >> easily and twice as quickly. I have towed more than I should with       >> both ATVs and with my ElectraGlide. It is an adventure.       >>       >       > This will be short distance on dirt road - just across the creek .       > The big trailer is a 5x8 utility , don't know what max weight is - I       > actually towed a pretty big load of firewood on it with the JD . Did       > just fine until the hill got a bit too steep and it spun out . I don't       > anticipate that problem with the 4 wheeler since it's heavier and 4       > wheel drive . If I have any doubt I can ride it home and return with       > either the tractor or the SUV .                     I recall hauling a heavy welded angle bread rack (probably made in       somebody's shop) on my similar trailer behind the FLHT once. A little       sway was eliminated by shifting weight forward, but then braking was       insanely slow. I did it because all my trucks were out on jobs, and the       neighborhood ugly cop was complaining about me doing work at my house.              I was breaking that bread rack down for the angle iron, and using it to       make brick ballasted roof mount satellite dish stands. I probably made       30 or 40 dish mounts out of that one bread rack.              --       Bob La Londe       CNC Molds N Stuff              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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