

| Subject: | Re: Utility trailer benefits...yay |
| From: | Tom Buese |
| Date: | Mon, 14 Nov 2016 15:10:01 -0500 |
What Mark said! I have the HF w/ the 12" wheels & have towed it across the country several times w/ o incident, but have had the wheel bearings repacked before the last 3500 mile tow in the Winter in my 2wd Westy moving to Maine from Utah. YMMV On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 2:57 PM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote: > Yes I would avoid small 8" wheels but you can get 12" wheel trailers at > Harbor Fright. That is what I would get, and I have 2 of them now. The > heavy duty with 5 lug bolts. Spend the extra $100 or whatever for 12" > heavy duty. > > Mark > > pcking wrote: > >> ........ >> Wheel size is important. Small utility trailers like the ones from Harbor >> Freight (I have one) and Northern Tool are limited to 45 mph by the wheel >> size. You want car size wheels and bearings to run at highway speeds. >> >> >> -- Tom Buese
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