ArkansasDon
Adventurist
I belong to another forum I visit "every once in while" it's all about small trailers. They had a thread on "Water Crossings" The question asked was...…" Is there anything special I need to do when building the teardrop to make it more suitable for water crossings?"
I know many or all of you have experienced water crossing whether pulling a trailer or just your vehicles. Sally & I made our fair share of calm water crossing in our adventures & we take them seriously, the approach & the exiting, I never crossed fast or deep water. We've had to make some detours because the water was moving too fast, or the oppisite side or both banks were completely washed out.
Back to the replies from the other forum "I agree that floating isn't a bad thing as long as the water is really fast." "A little bit of floating is not going to cause your trailer tires to loose contact with the ground. Your suspension will sag a bit before the tires loose traction."
Some of these replies do not make any sense at all. As for me I want my trailer tires in connect with the ground during a water crossing, & I sure don't want to cross fast water or deep water were it would cause problem to my vehicle. When I think of fast water, I think of flood related low water bridge crossin & how many deaths were cause by attempt.
I know many or all of you have experienced water crossing whether pulling a trailer or just your vehicles. Sally & I made our fair share of calm water crossing in our adventures & we take them seriously, the approach & the exiting, I never crossed fast or deep water. We've had to make some detours because the water was moving too fast, or the oppisite side or both banks were completely washed out.
Back to the replies from the other forum "I agree that floating isn't a bad thing as long as the water is really fast." "A little bit of floating is not going to cause your trailer tires to loose contact with the ground. Your suspension will sag a bit before the tires loose traction."
Some of these replies do not make any sense at all. As for me I want my trailer tires in connect with the ground during a water crossing, & I sure don't want to cross fast water or deep water were it would cause problem to my vehicle. When I think of fast water, I think of flood related low water bridge crossin & how many deaths were cause by attempt.
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