Re: towing an airstream

Posted by Mark - IN. on May 03, 2006 at 16:29:48 from (152.163.100.74):

In Reply to: Re: towing an airstream posted by Marvin Gill on May 02, 2006 at 22:19:59:

Yep, I'm thinking that the Dakota would get hurt badly, especially if has an automatic trans.

Is no doubt that the M has enough cahunas for that airstream and more, and tips out at about 2.5 tons. And yours has a W/F. But you have to be concerned with braking. I'd have to think that if you do it, once you're started, no stopping momentum until the top, because you sure would hate to get dragged backwards and... You certainly don't want to shove the clutch in going up hill, and then dump it. The M can lift the front end on its own without the help of a grade and the weight of the airstream. Is it flat where you're going to park it, or still on a grade? Are you going to turn it around if is still on a grade? At some point you're going to have to get off and chock some tires.

Be careful, very careful. Your only brakes are the throttle, whatever brakes the M has, and gears. That airstream is dead weight on wheels, and looking for somewhere to go, with or without, or over you. Don't want someone to post a link to a story in the paper about you.

Mark

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