Michael Maskalans said:
> the standard bolt-ons will help both performance and mileage. an
> intake, exhaust and PCM upgrade would certainly help that out a bit.
> Though beware of a PCM upgrade when towing, since it may advance the
> spark too for for heavy loads. I've never tried running performance
> tuning when towing, but I've heard of people who forgot to take out an
> MP performance PCM having detonation problems when loaded down (and
> I've heard of some who didn't, so YMMV).
I'll have to lurk for a while and see what I can learn about these upgrades...
> well, I'd consider 4500-5000 the beginning of heavy for me, but I have
> a 6400# rating (which I've at least bumped on one long trip, and I've
> certainly exceeded my GCWR on two long trips, now...). I with your
> rating, 4k would be 'heavy', then =)
My load may actually be even lighter. The weight of the trailer unloaded is
1,350# and the weight of the boat is 2,000#... plus gear, which is probably
500# at most.
I definitely like to stay below the top end of the rating... I think with
5,700# I should have enough headroom.
I just bought this new Loadmaster trailer, as I'd like to take some longer
trips with the boat. It's one of the nice things about trailerable cruising
sailboats--it's easy to take them to new locations to explore. So, I'm still
getting used to this trailer's characteristics.
> heavy tongue weight as far as I'm concerned in this case (independent
> of percentage of trailer weight) has only to do with how much your
> truck is squatting under the weight and whether your steers get any
> lighter with the weight on there. springs won't help rearward weight
> transfer, though, so you'd have to go weight distributing if you were
> having loose steering. it'd help high speed stability, too (which
> would have been nice on my most recent trip)
Understood. I'm taking my first long-distance trip with this new trailer this
coming weekend. It's about 3 hours each way. I'll report back after the trip.
> quite a fine looking rig (nice boat, too!) =)
Thanks!
> I've got a few shots of me pulling tom's truck up here:
>
> <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dmlphotos/leg1/>
Nice. That was definitely a heavy load, yes?
> I've got pictures of my other overload, but I don't think they're
> online. they're some of MANY pictures waiting for the update of my
> entire site that will probably never happen, so I should stop
> waiting.... =) I also have some pictures of me in front of my family
> pontoon boat here (as well as of my lonely, underused daysailor, among
> others):
>
> <http://mike.tepidcola.com/pics/home/>
Nice!
> glad to have you, and I hope you pick up some useful bits along the way
> =)
I already have! I hope ya'll don't mind some newbie questions from time to
time... I've never even changed my own oil. I have rebuilt entire sailboats
from the group up and come from an extremely mechanically inclined family,
though. :)
Michael
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