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WTF should I buy (A consolidated list of bad decisions)
(11-10-2020, 11:34 AM)*insertusernamehere* Wrote:
(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.

When was the last time you even drove a truck, let alone hauled a car? Haha.

Even my truck with just an open trailer feels underpowering going over the mountain on route 7 going to Summit. Being fully matted in third gear is the only way I'm accelerating going up it. If it upshifts to 4th, it doesn't have the umph to hold 60-65 mph.
Current:
2011 F150 Platinum | 1995 BMW 325i 1983 BMW 320i  The MMoped | 2008 BMW 128i
Past:
1996 Toyota Tacoma: | 1992 Mazda Miata | 2002 BMW 325i |
2003 Toyota Tacoma | 1995 Miata M Edition | 1997 Subaru Outback |
1992 Mazda Miata | 1990 BMW 325i  | 2007 Toyota 4Runner | 
1995 Ford Windstar 1987 BMW 325i | 1987 BMW 325 | 1990 BMW 325i Vert |
2018 VW GTI | 1990 Mazda Miata | 
1989 BMW 325i Vert 2015 Fiesta ST | 1983 BMW 320i parts car
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