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My Experience with Towing a HEAVY load

BLUEKNIGHT911

Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
Yesterday ( 8-28 ) my daughter ( who has a Costco card ) was available to go with me to Costco. This was the last day of the current SALE flyer ..... My main item was Cat Litter which comes in 44 lb. boxes. I bought Five, plus 27 lbs. of Baking Soda ( used as litter deodorant ) plus a few other items. .... So the load was a bit more than 250 lbs... Add trl. weight = 400 lbs +/- ..... My homemade trailer ( with a spare tire ) weighs 120 lbs. ) the trailer doesn't have brakes. .... I use an auto " tie-rod " instead of the conventional coupler & ball set-up.... which makes the trl./ Spyder connection essentially a Stiff Hitch set-up.... It towed like a dream. No clanking or the usual push/pull feeling. Because of the Load I was careful about how I stopped and what the road surface was. .... My route ( chosen for lower speeds ) did involve 6 miles of Gravel surface, other than slowing down for that part, the trip went well..... Pete I know you plan to tow more weight, and need to address that, but the PULLING went fine. My 14 RT preformed as I expected ...... Mike :thumbup:
 
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Yes, that is my experience also; the pulling isn't an issue for the Spyder, but the stopping can be dicey. I hope to mitigate that with the EBC pads and rotors. :thumbup:
 
Sorry, gotta ask. How many cats do you have?

One .... however He weighs 300 lbs :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack: ................ seriously tho, I bought the litter on sale. I have plenty of room for storage. My Spyder gets 38 to 40 mpg ... my van gets 16mpg ..... you do the math ..... Mike :thumbup:
 
Oh my! Can you imagine a cat box that holds 250 lbs of kitty litter and baking soda? Yea, that's gonna be a pretty big putty-tat messing in that thing. :roflblack:
 
Yes, that is my experience also; the pulling isn't an issue for the Spyder, but the stopping can be dicey. I hope to mitigate that with the EBC pads and rotors. :thumbup:

Sure would like to see someone come up with a surge brake set up for 8" wheels.
 
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