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[Clb]

That must of been an amazing trip, can only imagine the amazing landscapes you must of seen along the way.

Thanks for sharing!

Somewhere ?in the lounge? I posted the trip under something like west coast run or some ****...
I am runnin on no sleep and full on overload.
If ya caint find it pm me.
Thanx and yes it was eppic

 

[Garbage_Mechan]

No pics but last Sunday I hauled 2 loads of big preggo cows. About 2,000 lbs a cow so it put me over 20k per load I imagine. 1.5 mile 7% grade finds the weak spots. Usually pulls it in 3rd but pulled down to second while holding good fuel pressure and very little smoke so some checking to do!

 

[Dane Rickford]

No pics but last Sunday I hauled 2 loads of big preggo cows. About 2,000 lbs a cow so it put me over 20k per load I imagine. 1.5 mile 7% grade finds the weak spots. Usually pulls it in 3rd but pulled down to second while holding good fuel pressure and very little smoke so some checking to do!

How many head per load are you hauling?

 

[chillman88]

Just a couple pictures of my new to me 5th wheel.

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[Big Bart]

Looks nice! Going somewhere fun?

 

[Garbage_Mechan]

How many head per load are you hauling?

6. I couldn’t get them all in one load so just take half at a time.

 

[chillman88]

Looks nice! Going somewhere fun?

Oh I hope to at some point! Nothing in the works just yet though. Might have a short trip in August but that's TBD.

 

[jrollf]

Most my towing is pulling my 9k lbs travel trailer. We try to go somewhere about once a month with one long vacation per year... can't wait for November, three weeks of bliss away from the crowds.

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[Trevtron]

Towing our 30ft Gulf Stream

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[Big Bart]

. can't wait for November, three weeks of bliss away from the crowds.

I bet it’s nice to travel off season. We have teenagers so we get to fight the crowds.

 

[Big Bart]

Towing our 30ft Gulf Stream

Nice trailer does it have slide outs? I really think the two tone brown IDI’s are good looking. Any issues with power pulling it?

If I had a free place to store a travel trailer I would pick one up. But I already pay to store 3 trailers so not wanting to add a fourth. Perhaps down the road we will get rid of one of the trailers and pick one up then.

 

[jrollf]

I bet it’s nice to travel off season. We have teenagers so we get to fight the crowds..

It's my first time... youngest kid gradumacated in 2020

 

[Cubey]

1985 E350 motorhome (specs in sig) pulling a 1958 Parkhurst fiberglass (former) rental trailer from Nationwide Trailer Rental System. I'm a full time RVer, so it's nice to have the portable shed.

 

[jrollf]

This is why I am loooking at the style with he expanded metal “mesh” style tailgate. My neighbor has one that the ramp folds and is not very tall… but that adds $$$. one thing that helps me a bit is I tow with a big SUV (Excursion) or the F-150 with a topper… so the little trailer is behind that…. With a bit of a wind break.. I haven’t started seriously looking yet.. that will be next year.

Now what I would really like is one of the TEMPTE Utility Trailers…. They are a tilt bed trailer… so no ramp needed… but not sure of the cost on those…

Expanded medal will have a high aerodynamic drag. This has been demonstrated on aircraft.... the thin cross wires that old biplanes used were found to cause more drag than using 2 inch thick struts shaped like an airfoil. You'll notice the modern aerobatic sport biplanes use large airfoil shaped struts, not the wires the older cousins used.

Expanded metal is essentially a mesh of wire shaped metal welded together.

Drag coefficient - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Only real solution is to get a trailer with ramps that slide underneath.

 

[kbenz]

Expanded metal is essentially a mesh of wire shaped metal welded together.

Hardly true at all. There is absolutely no welding involved in the making of expanded metal. It is sheet metal that has been slit and stretched to form the diamond pattern