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Old 05-28-2006, 10:08 AM   #6
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Personal experience....

I occasionally have to tow my Argosy Minuet with a Ford exploder. The minuet is 19.6. feet long and weighs 2400 lbs dry. The ford is rated to tow 3700 lbs. It has a small engine and a manual transmission. We stiffened up the suspension and put truck tires on the ford and have a weight distributing hitch.

We tow with no stuff (extra weight) in the ford. And as little as possible in the Argosy and it ROTS! The trailer is in charge. It's really hard on the Ford and I figure this towing is going to shorten the life of the vehicle. We only do this twice a year when we have to use our truck to tow a heavy equipment trailer to the same event (Music festivals). The next vehicle will have a towing capacity of 6000 lbs!

So - just to recap.... in theory with my tow vehicle and trailer combo I have 1300 lbs of head space. In reality I am maxed out and seriously under powered. It doesn't feel good.

You are proposing and even worse scenario. Yes - you can probably move the trailer down the road but you'll probably wear your tow rig harshly, get rotten fuel mileage and substantially increase the rate of gray hair production on the heads of anyone in the vehicle.
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