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Sep 18, 2004 | 11:02 AM

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2FAST4U

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From: F.H,Waterford,Port Huron, MI

I ran the numbers with those wheels on it I will work. And if not I will build a bigger motor, I was looking for a reason to upgrade say turbo or all motor 427ci!

Sep 18, 2004 | 12:06 PM

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my rides. don't have great pic of the whole rig.

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Sep 18, 2004 | 01:16 PM

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From: Grove City Ohio/Port Washington L.I sometimes

I tow with a 03 2500HD 4x4 crewcab Dmax/Ally.Trailer is a 2004 44 ft Eagle tri axle gooseneck.I weigh 16,500 empty with the truck and trailer combined.I can put two cars in it and run 70 mph and get 11 mpg doing it.The 44 foot goose tows WAY better than my old 28 foot tag.The only negative I see is it takes a lot of space to turn around and filling the truck up with the trailer attached limits you to truck stops only.I'm 60 ft long overall with the truck & trailer.I know why people put auxiliary tanks in the beds of their trucks now.

Sep 18, 2004 | 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 2FAST4U

I ran the numbers with those wheels on it I will work. And if not I will build a bigger motor, I was looking for a reason to upgrade say turbo or all motor 427ci!

towing safely has virtually nothing to do with cubes, horsepower, and tq really. it is the suspension mostly and brakes. you will experience the death wobble/ trailor sway.

Sep 19, 2004 | 10:10 AM

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Well, I have a duramax do to the haulin' but I've got no trailer, so the car gets driven to the track instead

Sep 19, 2004 | 10:26 AM

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Hey Linda, aren't those wheels in the pic the old ones? What did you put on it?

Yeah, those are the old ones. We now have the basic wheels that most trailers have, the wite wheels with the holes/triangles in them. Only problem is the new setup is taller so we had to modify the fender

so I will have to practice getting out of the window or the hatch

Sep 19, 2004 | 10:28 AM

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Well, I have a duramax do to the haulin' but I've got no trailer, so the car gets driven to the track instead

Yeah, I always drive my car out to the local track, we got the trailer mainly for traveling to the events.

Sep 19, 2004 | 10:30 AM

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my rides. don't have great pic of the whole rig.

That is one nice setup you have there

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Sep 19, 2004 | 11:51 PM

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thanks Cain! just got a cam, e-fans, tranny cooler installed in the truck this weekend. need/want to tow at 80 comfortably and run 13's

Sep 20, 2004 | 06:47 AM

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don't have pics of the assembled rig...but have pics of the pieces

18' full diamond plate floor trailer
2004 2500LD truck (6.0L)

Sep 20, 2004 | 12:04 PM

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Here is our setup with a custom 16' trailer

Sep 20, 2004 | 12:16 PM

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What kind of electric brake controllers are you guys using

I may be able to help everybody out in that department.

Sep 20, 2004 | 01:45 PM

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What kind of electric brake controllers are you guys using

I may be able to help everybody out in that department.

My trailer has E-brakes, but I do not currently have one. What do you have?

Sep 20, 2004 | 01:57 PM

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My trailer has E-brakes, but I do not currently have one. What do you have?

I work as a project engineer for a company that builds electric brake controllers. I'm currently developing a controller that uses an accelerometer to proportionally apply your trailer brakes in sequence with your tow vehicle. I need some people to run "mule" units. PM me if your interested.

Sep 20, 2004 | 02:13 PM

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What kind of electric brake controllers are you guys using

I may be able to help everybody out in that department.

Gomer, I need a new controller BAD. Mine is a circa-'76 model that either hits HARD or practically not at all.

PM me with some details!

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Sep 20, 2004 | 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gomer

Sent you a PM.

Sep 20, 2004 | 06:45 PM

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Here are some pics of the trailer.

http://j.cz28.com/trailer1.jpg
http://j.cz28.com/trailer2.jpg
http://j.cz28.com/trailer3.jpg

Custom made by myself. I am very happy with how it turned out, but spent more $ and time on it than expected. Tow with a 99 Yukon 3.73's and 112k miles....

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