Frontier MPG towing the Tolman
 

Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 4, 11:14 am, NotNow wrote:
Just wait a frekin' minute! wrote:



NotNow wrote:
Gene wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:58:44 -0400, H the K
wrote:
Gene wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:13:51 -0400, H K
wrote:
One of the idiots here claimed he towed at 70 mph+.
That is almost expected on I-40 west of Wilmington, NC.... otherwise
you'll get run over.
Then I suppose I'd be a traffic hazard, since I would not tow a boat
that fast.
Now you know why, except for my son's G3.... I don't tow.....
I go the speed limit usually. But then, I've hauled much larger and
heavier things than my bass boat.
I found myself moving along pretty good this weekend a couple of times
coming home from Maine... My liberty gets **** for mileage.
My new Dodge truck doesn't do too bad, but could be better especially
when towing. It's got the tow package, so the rear end is geared a
little lower and that doesn't help unless you are going slow.

This was not on the interstae but on US27 passing thru places every 10
minutes where I'd have to slow to 35. I expect on the Interstate with
cruise control at 60 mph, I would do better.

That's one thing I never, ever been able to get used to, is cruise
control. *I* need to be in control, for whatever reason. I also love to
fly, and always wondered that if I was ever to fly a plane with
autopilot how I'd handle that!!!!

Frontier MPG towing the Tolman
 

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:01:57 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:53:48 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:13:51 -0400, H K
wrote:

One of the idiots here
claimed he towed at 70 mph+.

That is almost expected on I-40 west of Wilmington, NC.... otherwise
you'll get run over.

Same in SWFL. Harry could tow at 70+ also if he had his trailer set
up properly and extracted his head from the nether regions of his
copious body.

Don't know why anybody thinks they'll get "run over" doing the speed
limit.
I go slower than most traffic all the time. Never got "run over."
Don't even hardly ever get tail-gated.
But I see a lot of tail-gating happening in the string of cars passing
the truck I'm usually behind.
That's a little trick to keep the lemmings away. They see the truck
and change lanes before they even get close to me.
Plenty of steady going semi-trucks doing the limit, mile after mile.
Is that "run over" thinking similar to what has folks racing up to red
lights?

--Vic

Frontier MPG towing the Tolman
 

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:13:20 -0400, NotNow wrote:


That's one thing I never, ever been able to get used to, is cruise
control. *I* need to be in control, for whatever reason. I also love to
fly, and always wondered that if I was ever to fly a plane with
autopilot how I'd handle that!!!!

When I was driving Norfolk/Chicago and back in the '60's I'd travel
in a pack. Usually 3-6 cars speeding like hell. We'd change the lead
now and then. Had a '61 Ventura then. Drove all night.
Now I only travel in daylight, settled maybe 50-100 yards behind a
semi, tapping the cruise now and then.
Whole different style, but I actually do more thinking and
strategizing than I did before. Keeps boredom away on those long
stretches without much scenery.

--Vic

Frontier MPG towing the Tolman
 

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:01:57 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:53:48 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:13:51 -0400, H K
wrote:

One of the idiots here
claimed he towed at 70 mph+.
That is almost expected on I-40 west of Wilmington, NC.... otherwise
you'll get run over.
Same in SWFL. Harry could tow at 70+ also if he had his trailer set
up properly and extracted his head from the nether regions of his
copious body.

Don't know why anybody thinks they'll get "run over" doing the speed
limit.
I go slower than most traffic all the time. Never got "run over."
Don't even hardly ever get tail-gated.
But I see a lot of tail-gating happening in the string of cars passing
the truck I'm usually behind.
That's a little trick to keep the lemmings away. They see the truck
and change lanes before they even get close to me.
Plenty of steady going semi-trucks doing the limit, mile after mile.
Is that "run over" thinking similar to what has folks racing up to red
lights?

--Vic

Drive on I-285 in Atlanta much? They don't call it the Atlanta 500 for
nothing!

Frontier MPG towing the Tolman
 

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:13:20 -0400, NotNow wrote:

That's one thing I never, ever been able to get used to, is cruise
control. *I* need to be in control, for whatever reason. I also love to
fly, and always wondered that if I was ever to fly a plane with
autopilot how I'd handle that!!!!

When I was driving Norfolk/Chicago and back in the '60's I'd travel
in a pack. Usually 3-6 cars speeding like hell. We'd change the lead
now and then. Had a '61 Ventura then. Drove all night.
Now I only travel in daylight, settled maybe 50-100 yards behind a
semi, tapping the cruise now and then.
Whole different style, but I actually do more thinking and
strategizing than I did before. Keeps boredom away on those long
stretches without much scenery.

--Vic
I'm the same way. Growing up in a family of race car drivers and long
haul truckers, I used to run hard. One of my cousins, a truck driver,
taught me the key to making good time when I was a teenager. That is to
not stop. That is what kills your time, is stopping. He had a bladder
like an elephant!

Frontier MPG towing the Tolman
 

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:00:31 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:01:57 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:53:48 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:13:51 -0400, H K
wrote:

One of the idiots here
claimed he towed at 70 mph+.

That is almost expected on I-40 west of Wilmington, NC.... otherwise
you'll get run over.

Same in SWFL. Harry could tow at 70+ also if he had his trailer set
up properly and extracted his head from the nether regions of his
copious body.

Once you get the tongue weight right and pitched right my pontoon boat
goes down the road quite well at interstate speeds.
In a boat like this you want the nose lower to increase download and
make it track better. Behind a E/F Ford tow vehicle you barely know it
is there.

I had the opposite happen to me - I raised the hitch by reversing 2"
ball mount from down to up.

Made a world of difference in towing the Ranger trailer. With it mount
pointing down, it was nose heavy - with the ball mount up, the boat
was level and trailered perfectly.

Frontier MPG towing the Tolman
 

NotNow wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 4, 11:14 am, NotNow wrote:
Just wait a frekin' minute! wrote:



NotNow wrote:
Gene wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:58:44 -0400, H the K

wrote:
Gene wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:13:51 -0400, H K
wrote:
One of the idiots here claimed he towed at 70 mph+.
That is almost expected on I-40 west of Wilmington, NC....
otherwise
you'll get run over.
Then I suppose I'd be a traffic hazard, since I would not tow a boat
that fast.
Now you know why, except for my son's G3.... I don't tow.....
I go the speed limit usually. But then, I've hauled much larger and
heavier things than my bass boat.
I found myself moving along pretty good this weekend a couple of times
coming home from Maine... My liberty gets **** for mileage.
My new Dodge truck doesn't do too bad, but could be better especially
when towing. It's got the tow package, so the rear end is geared a
little lower and that doesn't help unless you are going slow.

This was not on the interstae but on US27 passing thru places every 10
minutes where I'd have to slow to 35. I expect on the Interstate with
cruise control at 60 mph, I would do better.

That's one thing I never, ever been able to get used to, is cruise
control. *I* need to be in control, for whatever reason. I also love to
fly, and always wondered that if I was ever to fly a plane with
autopilot how I'd handle that!!!!

I love my cruise control, leaves me to concentrate on more important
things like beer and bull****...

Frontier MPG towing the Tolman
 

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:04:31 -0400, NotNow wrote:



Drive on I-285 in Atlanta much? They don't call it the Atlanta 500 for
nothing!

Blow out the carbon on I-75 though Atlanta every year. That's one
road I let loose a little. Been passed more than once doing 90 there.
Always time going through there between 10AM-2PM.
But that's wide enough to find a more sedate lane if you want.
For some reason I like to mix it up there.
Don't know I-285. Used to take the I-75 bypass (275?), but that adds
too many miles.
One time coming north I mistakenly took the east bypass - took
forever.

--Vic

Frontier MPG towing the Tolman
 

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:01:57 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:53:48 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:13:51 -0400, H K
wrote:

One of the idiots here
claimed he towed at 70 mph+.
That is almost expected on I-40 west of Wilmington, NC.... otherwise
you'll get run over.
Same in SWFL. Harry could tow at 70+ also if he had his trailer set
up properly and extracted his head from the nether regions of his
copious body.

Don't know why anybody thinks they'll get "run over" doing the speed
limit.
I go slower than most traffic all the time. Never got "run over."
Don't even hardly ever get tail-gated.
But I see a lot of tail-gating happening in the string of cars passing
the truck I'm usually behind.
That's a little trick to keep the lemmings away. They see the truck
and change lanes before they even get close to me.
Plenty of steady going semi-trucks doing the limit, mile after mile.
Is that "run over" thinking similar to what has folks racing up to red
lights?

--Vic

I don't get run over but anytime I take out the trailer I can count on
getting passed by some crazy son of a bitch that thinks he is Mario
Andretti cutting me off just so he can feel his power steering...

Frontier MPG towing the Tolman
 

Just wait a frekin' minute! wrote:
NotNow wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 4, 11:14 am, NotNow wrote:
Just wait a frekin' minute! wrote:



NotNow wrote:
Gene wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:58:44 -0400, H the K

wrote:
Gene wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:13:51 -0400, H K
wrote:
One of the idiots here claimed he towed at 70 mph+.
That is almost expected on I-40 west of Wilmington, NC....
otherwise
you'll get run over.
Then I suppose I'd be a traffic hazard, since I would not tow a
boat
that fast.
Now you know why, except for my son's G3.... I don't tow.....
I go the speed limit usually. But then, I've hauled much larger and
heavier things than my bass boat.
I found myself moving along pretty good this weekend a couple of times
coming home from Maine... My liberty gets **** for mileage.
My new Dodge truck doesn't do too bad, but could be better especially
when towing. It's got the tow package, so the rear end is geared a
little lower and that doesn't help unless you are going slow.

This was not on the interstae but on US27 passing thru places every 10
minutes where I'd have to slow to 35. I expect on the Interstate with
cruise control at 60 mph, I would do better.

That's one thing I never, ever been able to get used to, is cruise
control. *I* need to be in control, for whatever reason. I also love
to fly, and always wondered that if I was ever to fly a plane with
autopilot how I'd handle that!!!!

I love my cruise control, leaves me to concentrate on more important
things like beer and bull****...

I just can't do it. I've tried. My new truck has cruise. I only use it
once in awhile to make sure it still works. Speaking of beer, my robust
porter that I brewed awhile back is the bomb!