The Silver Streak E-mail ListArchive Files[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [SilverStreak] towing
Ken, Well, ya got the right truck! I did not intend to suggest never using a sway control. I just have never needed it since towing the trailer with the motor home. I carry it on every trip, just in case I don't have complete and total stability, but like you I use an F350 diesel dually crew, and I have just never had the first inkling of a problem. I have towed a 48 Vagabond from 13,500 feet out of Kremling Colorado to Houston. In route out of Lubbock, sudden flat line winds were so harsh with heavy rains, I saw several semi's and motor homes laying on their sides. I watched one semi and a motor home behind it that had pulled to a stop, blow over as I approached all sitting still. They were blown over from the shoulder, into the driving lane which was against the shoulder lean. I had to steer out of my lane to go around. Scary beyond description, I made the decision to not stop and get blown over. I completed 80 miles in this at 20 mph, never finding a structure or overpass to huddle behind. My F350 and the Vagabond never swayed the slightest. I had not used the sway bar. Admittedly my long bed was heavy with tool boxes, tires, jacks, and lot's of equipment. Maybe that made a difference too. Maybe keeping moving was the key to keeping in a wind that varied. I will never know, but I was determined that I was not going to do like so many, and just stop and be blown over. That was not working for anyone sitting still that I passed ever so slowly to go only 80 miles in four hours with almost zero visibility. It was a harrowing four hours of constantly making a decision not to stop. I am sure every experience comes with choices that have to be made and decisions that may never be clear and decisive. -Eddie- Houston, TX
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