Towing

[Ernie Ekberg]

Markus, I believe it was factory. When Ron Marabitos coach caught fire last year, the towing company brought it to the field beside my place. It sat there a few days till a towing company with the Landall showed up. The tow truck hooked a cable on the hitch and backed the coach- 48,000 pounds on grass out of the field and onto the Landall. Now, if those hitches are just rated 10,000 how come the operator could do that without damaging the hitch? So I bet you are good to go in whatever you want to tow. Better yet, upload a picture on that hitch for us. Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Wanderlodge Weatherford, Tx 817-475-3991 www.ernieekbergflooring.net --- On Wed, 4/14/10, Markus Meyer wrote: From: Markus Meyer Subject: RE: [WanderlodgeForum] Towing To: wanderlodgeforum@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 6:34 AM Ernie, Is your towing setup the "factory setup" or did you have it altered? I'm just wondering because the owners manual/documents for m 82 list the towing rated at 7500 lbs, not 10,000 lbs. I realize they could have upgraded it from one year to the next, but that would surprise me a little considering 83 was only the second year of the pushers. Markus 82 PT40 ________________________________ > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > From: ernietex@... > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:30:22 -0700 > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Towing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know of quite a few that tow some heavy loads behind their pushers- like me. I tow a 1 ton van full of tools on a flatbed car hauler. My coach is rated at 10,000 pounds and I'm close to that. Mike Kane tows his 1 ton Chevy pickup 4 down. > > > Ernie Ekberg > > 83PT40 > > Wanderlodge > > Weatherford, Tx 817-475-3991 > > http://www.ernieekbergflooring.net > > > --- On Tue, 4/13/10, Stuart wrote: > > > From: Stuart > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Towing > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 7:35 PM > > > > > Anyone towing a Dodge Ram 2500 quad cab 4x4 8' bed diesel PU or similar type vehicle 4 wheels down? Weighs in at 6000 lbs empty, has been set up to for towing using Roadmaster towbar rated at over 8ooo lbs. Was originally intended to be towed by 2004 Winnebago Journey 32' diesel pusher, a task Winnebago sales people gauranteed was capable of. Winnebago is too short, too light and Dodge too heavy, steering too stiff, result an unsafe combination. Are any 3-axel 40' Bluebird diesel pushers safely capable of such a task? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/then...P:042010_2 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WanderlodgeForum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WanderlodgeForum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: WanderlodgeForum-digest@yahoogroups.com WanderlodgeForum-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: WanderlodgeForum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/