11-10-2020, 11:34 AM
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(11-10-2020, 11:11 AM)Kaan Wrote:(11-10-2020, 10:37 AM)Jake Wrote: More thoughts:
I towed my enclosed over Afton Mountain to JMU with an F150 EcoBoost XLT (cloth seats the horror oh save me jesus) and it was uh... fine? The EcoBoost with your foot hard down drinks fuel like we all did Natty Light at JMU but it was more than enough truck to pull 6500-7k lbs and the aero effects that come with an enclosed.
going west is the easier decent. did you come straight over on 64? From VIR there is a faster way but you need to drive 29 to 151, then up the backside of the mountain (passing skyline and the blueridge parkway) to get onto 64. it saves and easy 30 mintues... i was caravanning with Phills Tire and they cannot go down the backside of the mountain in their rig at all (much bigger trailer but also a much bigger truck)
I'm not rich enough for an aluminum trailer.... most of the steel 20ft are 3200lbs... add the 2400lb car (5500lbs), plus tires (20lbs tire with 13lbs wheels) we are up to 5764lbs.... with spares, AC, coolers, easy ups, insulation, tie downs, etc... i'm going to get to the 7k mark on the trailer (i'm actually looking at 10k trailers) pretty easily.
I'd rather have more trailer and more truck than needed... i think it will help things last.
Any modern 1500 can handle the treacherous backside of afton mountain lmao.
2013 Honda Fit, 1991 Mazda Miata, Princess Blanca, Mystery, 1993 Volvo 940 - sold, 2003 Mazda Protoge5 - carmax'd, 1996 BMW 328is - sold, 1996 Honda Accord - sold