http://www.cannibalsall.com/blognation/2008/07/237/ bored? me too... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:17:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.cannibalsall.com/blognation/2008/07/237/#comment-7563 R. Batty Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:58:16 +0000 http://www.cannibalsall.com/blognation/2008/07/237/#comment-7563 I don't exactly consider myself an expert on these things, but I would suggest the following precautions/tips: 1) get a tune up before you go--definitely make sure your brakes are in good working order, 2) drive slowly both because you need more stopping distance and because the trailer can bounce and sway at high speeds, 3) make sure your trailer's safety chains are not dragging on the ground, and 4) don't jacknife the trailer when you back up. I don't think we actually hurt the transmission on our haul, but our trailer wasn't very full. If it had been, I'm not entirely sure we would have made it through the Rockies. As it was, the Canadian border guard thought we were insane for hauling a trailer with such a small vehicle. Uh, whoops? I don’t exactly consider myself an expert on these things, but I would suggest the following precautions/tips: 1) get a tune up before you go–definitely make sure your brakes are in good working order, 2) drive slowly both because you need more stopping distance and because the trailer can bounce and sway at high speeds, 3) make sure your trailer’s safety chains are not dragging on the ground, and 4) don’t jacknife the trailer when you back up. I don’t think we actually hurt the transmission on our haul, but our trailer wasn’t very full. If it had been, I’m not entirely sure we would have made it through the Rockies. As it was, the Canadian border guard thought we were insane for hauling a trailer with such a small vehicle. Uh, whoops?

]]> http://www.cannibalsall.com/blognation/2008/07/237/#comment-7560 Karen Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:22:28 +0000 http://www.cannibalsall.com/blognation/2008/07/237/#comment-7560 Hi! I am getting ready to U-haul trailer frrom Virginia to Seattle. I drive a Toyota Camry. Any tips. Warnings? I don't want to screw up my transmission, but also want to save some cash moving. Thanks a lot! Hi! I am getting ready to U-haul trailer frrom Virginia to Seattle. I drive a Toyota Camry.
Any tips. Warnings? I don’t want to screw up my transmission, but also want to save some cash moving. Thanks a lot!

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