| So you have decided to rent a trailer for your vacation | | | | are approximates sizes. The state government sets |
| this summer. Hook it up to the car, head out on the | | | | the specifications for tow vehicles. You must conform |
| open road, head out to the state parks with the whole | | | | or you will find your self with real problems should you |
| family. That is such a wonderful idea but there are a | | | | be checked by highway patrol. These specs are for |
| few things to consider before you take on such an | | | | your own good as well as your safety. If you have an |
| adventure. | | | | undersized vehicle and a heavy trailer you may well |
| If you have never done so, the first thing you must | | | | have problems towing up hill and stopping quickly. |
| consider is the tow vehicle. Trailers are heavy. You | | | | The rental dealers have the specifications and |
| really cannot tow anything with a compact car. | | | | experience to advise you. Do not ride on the edge. |
| Perhaps a tear drop but that is it. A tear drop trailer is | | | | The more towing capacity you have the better. You |
| good for one or two people to climb into for a night | | | | may be able to tow a twenty nine footer but many |
| sleep. Very lightweight, but you cannot stand up inside. | | | | highways have five or six mile up hill grades and that is |
| A hard top trailer can sleep six but you will need a full | | | | a lot of weight to tow with a 150 pickup. For instance |
| size car or van or truck with at least a six cylinder | | | | you may want to visit Nevada. When you leave the |
| motor. | | | | Colorado river it is an uphill grade for at least six miles. |
| Next is the travel trailer. These run from ten to thirty | | | | If you plan on flat land short hauls you will have no |
| three feet long. The smaller ones, under twenty feet | | | | problems. But if you need to travel on the interstate at |
| can be towed with a van or truck as above, but for | | | | 70 miles per hour make sure your vehicle is the proper |
| over twenty feet you will need a pickup truck and | | | | size and that you have a tow package with a |
| over twenty five feet a 250 size truck and over thirty | | | | transmission cooler. You will run into that kind of driving |
| feet you will need a 350 size truck. All of these sizes | | | | all over so go heavy on the specs. |