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Towball Weight


    Wonder about the towball weight on this setup. Front axle of trailer is a lot further up inside the mudguard than is the rear axle, and rear of car appears to be a lot closer to the ground than does the front.  Another driver with no idea? Cheers

 

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yobarr wrote:

    Wonder about the towball weight on this setup. Front axle of trailer is a lot further up inside the mudguard than is the rear axle, and rear of car appears to be a lot closer to the ground than does the front.  Another driver with no idea? Cheers

 

 

He might have "guessed it.."......KB

 

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May have 1/2 tonne cocaine stashed in ships bow.


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KJB wrote:
yobarr wrote:

    Wonder about the towball weight on this setup. Front axle of trailer is a lot further up inside the mudguard than is the rear axle, and rear of car appears to be a lot closer to the ground than does the front.  Another driver with no idea? Cheers 

He might have "guessed it"......KB


 Seems to be a popular method Kerry. He could also have used the universal cure-it-all WDH and made it really unsafe by taking weight off car's rear axle! Read "oversteer". Cheers



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May have 1/2 tonne cocaine stashed in ships bow.


 Hadn't considered that Possum! Maybe so? Cheers



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Wait till he fills the fuel and water tanks and the fridges....

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BarneyBDB wrote:

Wait till he fills the fuel and water tanks and the fridges....


Sounds about right Barney. No brain, and happy without one! Cheers 



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There is a very good chance that boat would be exceeding that vehicles GCM amongst other things. But you are a stirrer yobarr. A WDH would probably assist in that situation but with that weight it would never get to an oversteer condition in a million years. Understeer more likely even with a WDH.

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There is a very good chance that boat would be exceeding that vehicles GCM amongst other things. But you are a stirrer yobarr. A WDH would probably assist in that situation but with that weight it would never get to an oversteer condition in a million years. Understeer more likely even with a WDH.


Hi Greg.  Must say that, given your vast experience in these matters, I am somewhat surprised that you would say that ". it would never get to an oversteer condition". You no doubt would know that a suitably large WDH can lift the rear wheels of a car off the ground? With no weight on that axle oversteer would be almost impossible to prevent.

You would, no doubt, realise that my tongue-in-cheek mention of a WDH in an earlier post was simply an attempt to include a bit of humour, as was the posting of the original picture?

                 Cheers



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Id like to see him as he starts off down the ramp to launch.

Hope the brakes are serviced and good!

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TheHeaths wrote:

Id like to see him as he starts off down  the ramp to launch.

Hope the brakes are serviced and good!


 And what about that little bus trying to tow that monstrosity up the ramp? Cheers



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TheHeaths wrote:

Id like to see him as he starts off down the ramp to launch.

Hope the brakes are serviced and good!


 A lot of Marinas are changing over to cranes. Far more efficient and foolproof as long as they don't let the boat owners drive them.



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