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Gurn Blanston
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 Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 1:04 pm Post subject: Re: Need a Bra.... |
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I tow cars behind my RV, 4 wheels down. No trailer needed. The trailer is an unnecessary waste of time and resources and makes life in the RV much more complicated. I have also towed cars on a trailer behind my RV. I assure you, 4 wheels down is much easier, despite what you may think.  |
You're confusing fact with your personal comfort level as it relates to your preference/choice of something that you're just more familiar with.
My car has a reverse gear, so I suspect it was probably designed to back up. Yes, it was designed to back up. It was not designed to be pushed backwards by a triangulated tow bar that allows the tow vehicle to impart lateral loads into the front of the towed vehicle.
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So, this is reality and not just something I read on the internet. OK? We sometimes need to back up when towing cars behind our RV. Sometimes we unhitch, but sometime we just get in the tow'd and steer while we back up. It works, in spite of what you have read on the internet. We try not to get into that situation, but sometimes people may park in front of us or we find we have no choice but to get into a tight spot ... and we do what we have to, to get out. We don't argue about it, or check the internet to make sure it is OK. One of us hops in the tow'd, the other drives the rig. We do what we have to do and get back on the road.
Please get out there and do stuff instead of just reading about it on the internet.  |
Not sure what you mean by that- I have towed many different cars, trailers, and cars on trailers, behind many different vehicles, for nearly 40 years.
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| A bra to protect the front of the tow'd is much cheaper than a trailer |
I think this is REALLY what it comes down to for you, and for anyone else that chooses a tow bar over a trailer- a tow bar appears cheaper at first glance. But it's not really less expensive. A paint job costs more than a trailer, and the OP is asking about a car bra, because his paint job is being damaged by the way he's choosing to tow his car. If it were on (or in) a trailer, his paint job would be fine, and he wouldn't be putting all those miles on his car, dragging it behind his motorhome.
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: Need a Bra.... |
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Ooh look, I can do that too. What does it have to do with what the OP asked?
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OB Bus
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Gurn Blanston
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:52 pm Post subject: Re: Need a Bra.... |
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Not sure what your point is- all six tires on that trailer are visibly inflated, and the fire started inside the trailer, not outside.
From the Arlington Cardinal news article about this incident:
"...he stopped and saw heavier white smoke coming out of the trailer..."
http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2012/08/chevy-cam...-car-show/ |
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hitest
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: Need a Bra.... |
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And just to help kickstart the carnage on the hood paint, this seller has laid his bra down on the gravel. Classy.
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Speaking of classy. Nice post.  |
Sorry Bill- I swear I didn't even notice you were plugging your own sale. Now get that thing up off the ground you big silly
Really though- it won't fit an early car.
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IdahoDoug
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: Need a Bra.... |
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The 3M clear bra is a great suggestion. Not cheap, but they last for a decade or more if parked outside and can handle some pretty big impacts. Nice thing is zero maintainance. We have them on a couple cars, and on the headlamps and aux lamps.
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my59
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Need a Bra.... |
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| The 3M clear bra is a great suggestion. |
See through bras are a favorite, especially with the high beams on.
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Bob Loblaw
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Need a Bra.... |
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| The 3M clear bra is a great suggestion. |
See through bras are a favorite, especially with the high beams on. |
Cusser? That you?
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Cusser
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Need a Bra.... |
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| The 3M clear bra is a great suggestion. |
See through bras are a favorite, especially with the high beams on. |
Cusser? That you? |
No, not me. And I doubt that the administrator will permit me to post a photo of a gal in a see-through or sheer bra. So many gals especially in USA apparently like to hide the fact that nipples even exist.....
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