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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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