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Re: [St] Trailer Question



Jeremy - 

Have you given any thought to having brakes on the trailer?  If you're towing with a "small" car, they can come in handy in the mountains or in panic situations.  They came in handy for me on several occasions when I used to tow a pop up with my 1980 Toyota pickup truck.

Just my $0.02.....

George

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jeremy Witt" <Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I have it on a very trusted authority that a Honda with a "1000lb"
> rating can easily handle 1500lbs.  
> 
> My old 98 Prelude pulled the "leaden" Harbor Freight trailer with two
> Hawks from NH to GA and back, and had no issue with the steep
> Appalachian roads.   
> Granted it had a 200hp motor, but the hills were effortless.  
> 
> That is why I've been looking at superlight trailers.  I see no point in
> buying a hearty tow-capable vehicle for the few days a year I would need
> it.  
> 
> And I'm cheap.  (This is where Kevin chimes in, usually)  
> 
> Jeremy Witt
> Newbury Partners
> www.newburypartners.com
> (o) 603-893-3022
> (c) 603-475-4228
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Wetherington
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 12:24 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [St] Trailer Question
> 
> Jeremy Witt wrote:
> > Has anyone had any experience with http://www.missiontrailers.com?  
> >
> >  
> >
> > I stopped in at a local dealer, looking for a trailer light enough for
> > our little Honda cars to tow, and discovered these all-aluminum
> babies.
> > I'm thinking the 4x8 might be a little tight to carry two motos, so
> the
> > 5x8 looks better.  5x8 here goes for around $1400US.  
> >   
> Those trailers look decent.  Make sure to figure out your total towing 
> weight with the bikes on the trailers.  I'd be surprised if a "little 
> Honda car" would be very good at towing anything that was over 
> 1000-1500lbs. 
> 
> I wish there was a dealer here in the midwest (within 50 miles of 
> Chicago), because I'd like to see pricing on the enclosed trailers.  I'd
> 
> love to have a 5x8 enclosed, and the v nose wouldn't be bad either.  I'm
> 
> just leary of the prices on those things.
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