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Hitch Your Trailer: How Trailer Length Affects Towing Stability
Imagine this scene: you and your family are out enjoying your brand new travel trailer. Not only is your trailer new, but so is your shiny new towing vehicle. Let’s say that’s a heavy duty diesel pickup truck, and it’s an extended, four-door cab that has plenty of room for your wife and your kids. […]
Don’t Overload Your Trailer Hitches: Understanding Towing Capacity
I think many of us with vehicles seriously overestimate or underestimate what we could tow with it. You might look at a boat, utility trailer, or travel trailer and ask yourself “I wonder if my car could handle that?”
Now where would you go for that kind of information? Most people would go straight to the […]
Must Haves for the Perfect Summer Roadtrip
For the perfect summer road trip, there are a few must-haves.
Things To Do
First is entertainment. Music, movies, and books for the whole family. You’ve got to have music to keep you grooving all the way there. Make sure your selection is varied enough to last the whole way and to […]
The Plan You Make to Pay for Your Dreams
Do you hate the thought of a budget telling you how and when you can spend your money? Then you have the wrong idea about budgets because a budget is actually something you make up about how and when you can spend your money. A budget is actually a tool you can use […]
How Much House Should You Afford?
Making financial decisions is part of life. So is dealing with the consequences of those decisions, whether positive or negative. Let’s talk about the decision to buy a home, and what the positive or negative consequences of that might be.
Home ownership is one of the symbols of adulthood and independence we all strive for. Ironically, […]
Flexible and Fun Family Time: An RV is the Way to Go
Vacations can be expensive. By the time you factor in airfare, hotel, food, and entertainment a trip for you and your family can add up to thousands of dollars. More Americans are turning to recreational vehicles, and camping trailers in particular, to make their family fun time more flexible and more affordable.
The main reason RV […]
8 Ways to Make the Most of Your Trailer Hitch
So, you have a receiver hitch. Have you ever used it? Do you know how handy your trailer hitch can be, even if you don’t have a trailer to haul? What do you need to get the most out of your trailer hitch?
First. let’s talk about the receiver. It’s a square […]
The Real Facts About Motivation
The question of motivation is one that will be discussed from now until the end of time. How do I know? Because it’s been discussed from the beginning of time until now.
In “Good to Great”, Jim Collins says something I consider very interesting. I’m paraphrasing, but he makes the point that trying to motivate […]
An Easy Way to Prepare for Pandemic Flu
Birds have had passed the flu back and forth among them selves for at least as long as humans have been sharing it among themselves. It wasn’t until 1997 that the first person contracted the flu from a bird and died from it. Since then, 328 people have contracted the Bird flu and […]
Receiver, Fifth Wheel, or Goosneck: Trailer Hitches Demystified
Do you want to haul a boat, an ATV trailer, a work trailer, or a camper? Obviously, you need a trailer hitch. Trailer hitches have all kinds of handy uses and are invaluable on the rear of your truck or SUV. If you have or need a trailer hitch, you probably have […]
