Re: [A/S] Not towing with a Ranger

["Joseph Ruckman" <malruck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tuna,

> I went back through your posts, and must be missing the type of 
> trailering you have in mind... 

Realistically, probably primarily a weekender with an occasional 
boondocking/extended (week or two) road trip to New Hampshire - maybe 
1200 miles round trip.

I fantasize about fulltiming, but in truth my posessions have a far 
greater hold on me than the One Ring ever had on Bilbo, to say 
nothing of having a wife who does not share that particular fantasy.

> In fact, one advantage might be that you will have direct 
> experience of the limitations of lighter tow-vehicles...

Which is exactly what concerns me.  I don't want to be the one 
telling everyone how beautifully it worked right up until I had to 
swerve to avoid that moose...

The biggest immediate danger is a driveway with an incline that I'm 
sure I could pull it up with no problem.  Backing it down again is 
another matter.  I am not an experienced trailer-puller, though I do 
have experienced help I can tap to help me get it down until I learn 
how.

> Coincidentally, i bought my '65 GT in Dover, and parked it and 
> lived in it for the first few weeks in the Airstream park at Port 
> DelMarVa, near Rehoboth Beach - here's a picture (in another 
> group's photo files):

Which unfortunately they won't allow me to look at.  But 
coincidentally Port DelMarVa is very near where this one is...

> If you could stand limiting your trailer-towing until you can find a
> reasonably-priced and heavier-duty puller, i think that GT in 
> Delaware looks like a really sweet little trailer...

Well, in case it doesn't go on eBay, I told the seller I'd take it, 
so we'll see what develops.  I am having the dealer work the numbers 
on my truck for trade-in, just out of curiosity...

Regards,

Joseph