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12-11-2014, 11:59 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 177
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Getting ready for a road trip.
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Jack and Duke (4 leggers)
06 Monaco LaPalma 36DBD
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12-12-2014, 04:37 AM
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#744
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Junior Member
American Coach Owners Club
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 25
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We have a 41 ft Fleetwood Revolution with the Cummins 400hp engine. I tow a car on a dolly but, also own a 28' enclosed car hauler. We go to various car events with some of our cars and I have been looking at towing the cars in the hauler. At times I have rented an open car hauler from Uhaul to transport vehicles behind the motor home. Would appreciate opinions or, advice regarding any possible issues with this rig. Would tow various weight cars in the trailer, generally 2,600lb. to approx. 3,600 lb. Not sure how much the trailer weighs.
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12-12-2014, 07:48 AM
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#745
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Vintage RV Owners Club American Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 3,092
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BrucFitz
We have a 41 ft Fleetwood Revolution with the Cummins 400hp engine. I tow a car on a dolly but, also own a 28' enclosed car hauler. We go to various car events with some of our cars and I have been looking at towing the cars in the hauler. At times I have rented an open car hauler from Uhaul to transport vehicles behind the motor home. Would appreciate opinions or, advice regarding any possible issues with this rig. Would tow various weight cars in the trailer, generally 2,600lb. to approx. 3,600 lb. Not sure how much the trailer weighs.
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Our Motor Home is 39 feet long, our 28 foot enclosed trailer has the RV tounge on it.
A 28 foot standard built (not aluminum) trailer will weigh in at about 4800 pounds.
You will be long, and there are debates all the time on the laws.
You will be over length, but suspect you will not have any problems unless you are stupid (speed, drive recklessly, attract attention) or unlucky (have an accident), or get an over zealous DOT officer or drive in California. I have heard they are pretty strict there on length (However a friend of mine went to the Fall HRR pulling a stacker over length and had no problems).
You want to be sure your hitch can take the weight.
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12-12-2014, 10:27 AM
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#746
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 13
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12-12-2014, 03:35 PM
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#747
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 961
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Our tow
tows like a dream
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2012 Honda CRV AWD toad
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12-12-2014, 04:46 PM
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#748
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club American Coach Owners Club Spartan Chassis
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 667
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BrucFitz
We have a 41 ft Fleetwood Revolution with the Cummins 400hp engine. I tow a car on a dolly but, also own a 28' enclosed car hauler. We go to various car events with some of our cars and I have been looking at towing the cars in the hauler. At times I have rented an open car hauler from Uhaul to transport vehicles behind the motor home. Would appreciate opinions or, advice regarding any possible issues with this rig. Would tow various weight cars in the trailer, generally 2,600lb. to approx. 3,600 lb. Not sure how much the trailer weighs.
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My '99 40' Eagle with a 350 Cummins pulled my 24' Enclosed Trailer just fine with a vehicle in it. My '09 42' Eagle pulls my 24' Enclosed Trailer with and Extra 1' of height with my Escalade ESV (grossing right at 10,000 lbs) with a 425 Cummins just fine. I set cruise about 1750 rpm which is about 64-67 mph and I have no issues. I do lose 5-7 mph on steep grades but it doesn't get hot and pulls just fine. I do manually down shift on occasions to keep the rpm's up. You shouldn't have any issues pulling your trailer. Good luck.
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2009 American Eagle 42'
Trailering HD Road Glide and Saab 9.3 or Cadillac Escalade ESV
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12-13-2014, 07:05 AM
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#749
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Senior Member
Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 470
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My 18' Big Tex car hauler weighs #1700 lbs, I have no trouble pulling it with my 360HP Cummings in my 40' MH. I have hauled over 7500 lbs, depending on the vehicle I have loaded up. It backs very nicely and there is no wear and tear on the vehicles tires or added mileage. Trailer tires are a lot cheaper to replace than those Eagle GT tires on the Mustang or the 20" tires on an SUV.
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12-13-2014, 08:42 AM
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#750
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 255
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12-13-2014, 09:43 AM
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#751
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Senior Member
Solo Rvers Club
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Ham Lake, MN
Posts: 3,038
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Originally Posted by halftimer
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Nice lookin' Nomad wagon!! 
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01-23-2015, 05:45 PM
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#752
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: North East Texas
Posts: 4,946
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Originally Posted by gnorthga
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Beautiful set up
WOW
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Enjoying the 2008 Damon Tuscany 4056, #3998 no your eyes are fine, there are really 6 slides
2022 F150 King Ranch or 2012 Edge toads
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01-24-2015, 04:31 AM
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#753
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Michigan
Posts: 123
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My Malibu is my trailer
I just use my Chevy to put all the extras in. Pulls good and just got home from a 7000 mile adventure with out incident. Picture of my rig is in the Sunny Acres RV park in Las Cruces, NM last month. The other picture is in the Oasis RV park in Vegas. It was nice to have the Chevy for sight seeing.
Just Another Old Doggy, Don
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2009 KarKaddy SS
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01-24-2015, 07:03 AM
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#754
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New to the RV World
Vintage RV Owners Club American Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 3,092
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Originally Posted by halftimer
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Nice Nomad, did you buy it off Tim The Tool Man's Wife?
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01-24-2015, 07:43 AM
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#755
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 3,281
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennLever
Then the problem becomes not scrapping the 11 inch drop in swales.
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I "Z'd" the trailer.. brings the ball up 8''
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01-24-2015, 11:01 AM
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#756
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Member
Vintage RV Owners Club
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 88
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Here is what we took to Florida for the winter and will be dragging around all summer. Hawkins Motor Coach, Cummins 8.1 with bigger turbo and fuel pump plate. Tows great and my Trailer Toad keeps all the weight off the coach frame. Smooth as silk.
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1995 34' Hawkins Motor Coach.
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