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Trailer comes off at 75mph
Interesting! Now a days I have a reciever hitch mounted on the top of my bucket loader & I am able to slide in whatever I want to use that day - sometimes I use the pintle or other times I use a drop down with a 2 inch ball to move the log splitter with. It's uses are unlimited! Thanks for sharing the interesting story about the guy that towed his truck with his BH! 
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Trailer comes off at 75mph
Who in their right mind would be pulling a home built tag along trailer at 75 MPH?
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Who in the right mind as a newby member of this site would ask this to a member who has been on here since the site began?
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Who in the right mind as a newby member of this site would ask this to a member who has been on here since the site began?
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AND THAT MAKES IT OK????? I have a CDL and have driven tractor and trailers for over 35 years, Accident free! No brag, just fact! I'm a member of the million mile club, if you know what that means! I,ve seen what can result over a situation like this many, many, times. Ive seen a lot of innocent dead people over the years because of idiot driving. So I guess in your eyes, it's ok and a NEWBIE!!!! has no right to say anything about it. I hope this mentality doesn't carry throughout the rest of this site.
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Who in their right mind would be pulling a home built tag along trailer at 75 MPH?
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Well, you've got to respect a guy who comes on here and fesses up to a terrifying mistake that others can learn from. Everyone has done boneheaded things from time to time. Like thinking they could make it to the next gas station on fumes and having the engine stall in the middle of an intersection, or forgetting to turn their lights on, or driving down the road with the endless blinker flashing, or the commercial triple trailer rigs tailgating subcompacts at 65mph on I-5.
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Who in their right mind would be pulling a home built tag along trailer at 75 MPH?
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I guess the inference in that is that "home-built" equals "junk", or at least "poor quality & unsafe".
I have several "home-built" trailers, I wouldn't hesitate to pull them thousands of miles at 75mph, in fact I have. One of them has been the 3,000 miles (round trip) to Florida once a year for the 15 years since it was made. It also goes another ~10-15k miles a year around here. It's probably the nicest riding trailer I've ever had the pleasure of pulling in my life.
I've also seen plenty of "factory built" trailers I wouldn't tow to the dump for it's last trip.
Best of luck.
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Murf - Good Point & well said Murf!
Paul - I think the way you represented yourself was little rough. Perhaps you could have worded it : I would be a little cautious & hesitant towing a homemade trailer at 75 mph depending on how it was built.
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Murf - Good Point & well said Murf! Paul - I think the way you represented yourself was little rough. Perhaps you could have worded it : I would be a little cautious & hesitant towing a homemade trailer at 75 mph depending on how it was built.
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Paul can speak for himself but to me it was the type (bumper pull) and the speed he was asking about. I have not done a lot of gooseneck pulling but know some who do or 5th wheel and they often say 60 or so with bumper pull is limit where those two designs are good for higher speeds. Only repeating there. For me, 60 mph for most loads I have pulled is fast enough. Have pulled gooseneck on Interstate at 75 with smooth results but very stable load and rig. To the point tire going slack was not felt. 
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Everything is relative to something else isn't it? 
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"Who in the right mind as a newby member of this site would ask this to a member who has been on here since the site began?"
Answer: The SAME guy that insists you need a machine heavier than the dump trailer to pull it in turns.
How utterly obsurd, misinformed and irresponsible.
But I'm jis' sayin'
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