New trailer

Carrie and I went on a road trip last weekend to Lincoln Nebraska to trade trailer with my friend Mark. He had told me he was thinking of getting rid of his enclosed trailer for an open one so I suggested why don't we trade. He thought it was a good idea but he lives in Minnesota so we met half way, Lincoln Neb.

So off we went right in the middle of a serious down pour that started Friday and didn't end until Saturday some time. Once we got out past Fort Morgan the rain had stopped and didn't run into any at all in Nebraska. So Sunday morning over cereal at the hotel we signed over the titles, swapped trailers and headed back home.

Now I have never towed an enclosed trailer so it was an eye opening experience for me, to say the least. For one I didn't have the proper length receiver so the ball hung down to far and that let the trailer sway pretty bad. The best speed I could do was about 64 mph, over that and the trailer would sway to bad and I'd have to slow down.

Then an interesting thing happened, a semi truck passed me, and I thought I was about crash for sure! I wasn't warned that when they pass you the air pressure tends to push away from them and then tries to suck you back into them.
Scared the crap out of me!!

So having to slow down like that it seemed to take forever to get home but in reality it only added about an hour and a half. I've since installed the correct receiver and I think the trailer will tow just fine. I'll get to find out over labor day weekend that's when the next race is scheduled, The High Altitude Bracket Nationals. I'll have to post some photos when I take some.