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08-31-2020, 06:39 PM | #42 |
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... but on the other hand, why buy a trailer hitch from any manufacturer that says don’t use his hitch to pull a trailer?
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09-01-2020, 05:09 AM | #44 |
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The Model A Is Not A Tow Vehicle
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09-01-2020, 08:02 AM | #47 |
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I think the Keely trailer has been discussed here before. Great pair!!
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Irresponsible & Negligent
Nice Pose 👍 Other than that - to attempt to actually tow with that set up is: Irresponsible Negligent Criminally Negligent The vehicle is not rated to tow the trailer The vehicle cannot safely stop 🛑 with the trailer The operator could be found criminally negligent if an accident occurred 🙄 No insurance company will knowingly issue a policy or honor a claim for that set up Jim |
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09-01-2020, 02:47 PM | #52 |
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Given Mac's disclaimer, there's been quite a bit of debate in this thread over the sturdiness of their hitch. But if one actually reads the disclaimer, it says, "Since factory Model A's are very light, have a short wheelbase, and mechanical brakes, adding significant weight or trailer towing are not recommended." It does not address the suitability, or lack thereof, of the hitch itself for towing. Whatever, I know some intrepid souls tow with their A and get away with it. But I would not for exactly the reasons Mac states.
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09-01-2020, 10:31 PM | #54 |
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When the Model A was produced there were very few paved roads in the U.S. Roads and bridges were not even dreamt of to carry the 80,000 Lb. loads permitted on today's roads. Even though they are slowly being replaced the bridges built prior to 1920 were never designed for that weight let alone imagined by the design engineers yet they were substantial enough to still be in use today. Was a Model A capable of towing? What has been done and what is ethical are two different apples or oranges.
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I don't need much of an excuse to re-examine these photos of the overloaded farm vehicles from the dustbowl migration (although I think the Hudson ones are recreated for the Grapes of Wrath movie). I wonder what sort of hitches they used for their trailers? Home-built is my guess.
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