[Land-speed] [BULK] Re: Towing a race car

[John Staiger]

Joe,

I agree, I always use torque arms (load levelers) and a sway bar.  I have
used both CAM style and Friction type anti-sway bars without noticing a big
difference, however I assumed that after Steve loaded the car with a
toolbox, jack and misc. he would be a lot heaver than 5,500 lbs and a
Pullrite or Hensley make a big difference when you get over weight as they
change the center of pivot from beyond rear bumper to the rear axle.  Both
virtually eliminate yaw.  I'm not saying you can't haul without them, but if
you have the money, it makes a huge difference in the mountains with a 40MPH
cross wind...  

Somehow the longer the haul, the heavier the trailer...

JLS


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Timney [mailto:joetimney at dol.net] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 5:26 PM
To: John Staiger; LAND SPEED LIST
Subject: Re: [BULK] Re: [Land-speed] Towing a race car

John,
I would suggest that you use a sway bar and torque arms...I have towed 
with a Caddie with a 5500 lb trailer without a single problem.

John Staiger wrote:
> Although not even close to cheap, I would look at a Hensley hitch (www dot
> Hensleymfg dot com) to eliminate the sway.  Their target market is large
> cars pulling heavy trailers. Their demo unit is a Cadillac pulling a 10K
> pound, tri-axle Airstream.  Might check ebay...
>
> JLS