 Tattle-Trail
wireless Portable Towing Monitor
System
Early Detection for your trailer emergency.
Using an accelerometer to detect movement, vibration or
shock, early detection of trailer tire tread separation,
broken suspensions, wheel bearing problems, loose...More.... |
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QuickBite Couplers will amaze you.
Self aligns for auto latching trailer hookup.
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Which of these truck axles do
you need for towing your trailer and why?
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Weight Distributing Hitches
for safe controlled trailer towing.
Reviewing
Equal-i-zer WDH
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Links to tech manuals, service bulletins, diagnostic
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25 to 50% longer tire life. Stop tire
cupping, vibration and premature wear on those expensive truck,
RV & trailer tires.
Centramatic
automatic wheel balancers have been saving money on tires for
semi-trucks for over twenty years. Now you can automatically
balance your tires, wheels, hub and rotors or drums while you
drive. A balanced tire doesn't cub, vibrates less & lowers the
tire sidewall temperature from less flexing, giving you longer
tire life.
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The Flip-Over Ball gooseneck hitch
converts to a smooth bed in seconds. Just rotate the handle and
Flip the ball over. In seconds you can have a level bed for all
those jobs when an ordinary hitch ball is always in the way.
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Finally we decided to
have our own towing test truck. For years we have
tested and reviewed aftermarket products on other folks trucks.
Now we are going to keep the products on our own truck to be
able to give a longer review and how things standup long term.
And to provide another ongoing story we decided to buy a used
2006 Ford F250 Power Stroke diesel that was reacquired by
Ford. (Buy back as a problem truck) So we are taking the risks.....rRest
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Why
should you trust the truck guy on the internet?
Does he have a BS degree in
Truck'nology? |
MrTruck.com
Presents:
New for 2008: "EZ Connector
Horse Expo Tour" Updates
from each event, pictures & commentary, With
the latest
trailer safety and technology accessories on exhibit
on tour, come by and watch demonstrations. We'll
be displaying some helpful technology for safe
towing. Stop by, see our display and ask questions.
Click for the "Tour" schedule,
see when we'll be in
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Brenderup Baron, Bigger,
more room and still will save you gas. These days we all want better fuel
mileage towing our trailers. Even if fuel prices go down, we know
they'll go back up. Brenderup is the easiest towing horse trailer I've
found. Designed to be towed with cars in Europe safely. Brenderup is a
remarkable horse trailer, with the chassis coming from Denmark and the
walls and roof made in Texas.
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 Featherlite
Announces Aggressive Product Launch Despite Tough Market
– Featherlite® Trailers’ 2010 offerings suggest this is a
company as tough as its products. Instead of adopting a “stay
the course” attitude for 2009, Featherlite has unveiled new
trailers, new options and bold new customer benefits.
 “At
Featherlite, we think the proper response to an underperforming
economy is to over-perform,” Randy Lewis, Featherlite’s national
sales manager, said. “We wanted to outdo ourselves with both
product innovation and customer benefit.”
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 GM
Statement Regarding Wind Down of Medium Duty Truck Production
After four years of working with multiple potential buyers,
General Motors has decided to wind-down its medium-duty truck
operations. Production of the Chevy Kodiak and GMC Topkick
medium duty trucks will cease by July 31, 2009.
This includes C4500/5500. |
 Can you Keep
your Trailer from Going South?
It's
getting common, someone telling me their white stock trailer was
stolen while parked at a sale barn or their new Living Quarters
horse trailer was stole while at a fair grounds equine event. Desperate times increases the population of desperate criminals and
trailers are an easy target. No system will totally prevent theft, but the devices that make
stealing your trailer a long drawn out process, should discourage
the bad guys, sending them to look for easier targets.
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 Horse Trailer Living Quarters in
Many Shapes and Sizes:
Should you go truck camper
and bumper pull horse trailer, RV towing a bumper pull trailer, a LQ
horse trailer or even a Toterhome towing your horse trailer? There are
trailer Living Quarter options with a
gooseneck with slide-outs for maximum room in your mobile home away from
home.
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The Best Tranny Pans, Differential, and Valve Covers. |
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PML knows how to keep
you covered! You hear me complaining about oil
capacity on this website constantly. Now I found a way to add 2 or 3 more
quarts of oil to your tranny and differential. The more oil, the more
cooling ability, the longer your truck will stay out of the shop and on the
road! Pulling trailers builds extra heat in your engine, transmission and
axles. You need extra oil capacity and a cover designed for cooling, not the
stamped flat pans and covers truck manufactures buy 100,000 at a time from
the cheapest bidder. It's up to you to give your truck the longest life.
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 Trucks Brands,
Who Will Survive?
I'm surprised by the phone
calls I'm getting from friends and business associates over the
government bailout of the auto industry. Truck buyers are very loyal to
their truck brands and many Dodge owners are telling me that their next
truck will be a Ford. All do to Ford not asking for tax payer money or
bailout. Dodge loyalist are hit the hardest, Chrysler was owned by
Germany company Daimler and now Fiat of Italy is about take over
Chrysler, leaving Dodge owners ...More....
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  It’s
official, Dave Smerchek, owner of Titan Trailer Manufacturing
headquartered in Waterville, Kansas, purchased Logan Coach April
8, 2009. Plans are to continue producing the Logan Coach brand
trailers in the same town they originated in, Logan, Utah, as a
division of Titan Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.
This union
will allow Titan to expand to the West and Logan Coach to expand
to the East with an economic advantage in volume and
transportation costs. Logan Coach is keeping their current
dealer support team for a seamless transition to new ownership.
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  Announced
at the Chicago Auto Show, the 2010 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty,
2500/3500, copies little brother with new body including a
crew cab replacing Quad Cab available with a long anticipated 8
ft. bed. And and integrated factory trailer brake controller,
but on the wrong side like GM. Where is your controller mounted,
right or left?
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Hybrid Air/Torsion Axle with 8 inches of
wheel travel,
almost 3 inches of
drop for lowering the trailer to load. It's a soft ride
that will keep your horses fresh when you arrive at your
next event.
The price will surprise you.
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 Ford
Twin-Turbo EcoBoost, who needs a Diesel:
EcoBoost Engine: The 3.5-liter EcoBoost™ V-6 engine, the first
V-6 direct-injection twin-turbocharged engine produced in North
America, makes its debut in the 2010 Lincoln MKS luxury sedan
and also joins the lineup for the 2010 Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT
crossover vehicles. EcoBoost is one of Ford Motor Company's key
initiatives to deliver significant advancements in fuel economy
of up to 20 percent without sacrificing the performance feel
customers want.
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 Update: 2009 Ford F150,
King of Towing, You may not need a F250!
Ford King Ranch, gorgeous
brown paint, thick full grain leather seats, big towing mirrors,
6-speed automatic, bold chrome grill, 20 inch wheels, just makes you drool ! At least if you're into
towing trailers. Tops the 1/2 ton class at 11,300 lbs trailer
capacity for all three cab configurations, not just a single cab. That makes it easy to match your trailer.
Growing segment of folks downsizing and still towing. Ford is
leading the pack for 1/2 ton trailer capacity and payload.
SuperCrew has the only 1/2 ton truck with a 6.5" bed option.
This helps with gooseneck and 5th wheel trailers. No V-6 or
manual transmission
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  Best Truck Steps, Save
your Knees
Unlike
other steps, Best Truck Steps will work with or without a receiver
hitch. They don't have moveable parts to wear out or lubricate.
So many steps I review use the receiver hitch frame or stick in
the receiver hitch so you can't us the receiver hitch for your
trailer at the same time as a step. Different from Ford factory
tailgate step, you can use the truck rail for the hand rail and
sit on the tailgate or use your tailgate as a work bench like
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| Superchips announces
Mileage XS free download for improved fuel mileage, is now
available to download into your Flashpaq programmer.
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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 4, 2008 –FORD TAKES TRUCK LEADERSHIP OFF-ROAD WITH NEW F-150 SVT RAPTOR PERFORMANCE PICKUP TRUCK Ford, is building the all-new 2010 F-150 SVT Raptor, a purpose-built, high-performance off-road truck versatile enough to take on the most challenging desert adventures as well as the everyday commute. “Ford trucks have been a mainstay on the off-road racing scene for more that 20 years because of our long history of capability and durability,” said Derrick Kuzak, Ford’s group vice president for Global Product Development. “With SVT
Raptor,
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The theme of the
new Ram with rear coil springs,
handling, cornering, stability and storage. I've been a fan
of rear leaf springs for decades and considered coil springs
that most SUV's have now, as less desirable for towing. But if
you put a truck on a lift with rear leafs and move the axle,
it's surprising how much play is back there with the axle
hanging. I towed a horse trailer and a travel trailer, was
impressed with the handling.
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At PickupTrucks.com and
MrTruck.com, we know our readers are
demanding. You want all the truck details so
that you can make the best decision possible.
That’s why we created Light-Duty and Heavy-Duty
Shootouts that put these ever-changing trucks to
the ultimate tests. Check out our exhaustive
coverage before you make your next purchase.
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Aftermarket
Accessory
Reviews & Installs.
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also look for the best accessories for your truck. Not the ones you
find in the accessory chain stores from China, but the good stuff
like my dad would build!
We will help you find products for more towing
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 MrTruck's
Favorite Innovative Accessories:
I’m not
talking about license plate borders or chrome exhaust pipe tips. I have those
too, but cool functional stuff that you don’t see everywhere. I found these
accessories at SEMA convention (specialty equipment marketing association) in
Vegas.
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 I
visited PopUp's head quarters in Chanute Kansas
this spring.
Kansas, like Iowa is know for making farm machinery. PopUp
Industries is in the part of Kansas, where generations of
welders understand quality metal working, like the Amish bring
quality to RV manufacturing. What better place to make hitches
for American trucks and trailers. I first heard of PopUp because
of their SB1 shortbed coupler. With shortbed trucks, now the
most popular configuration, I hear from folks every week
emailing me that they just crunched the cab of their truck with
the corner of their trailer. Now what do they do?
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Truck Answers: Free truck reports. And which axle is right for you?
Will it fit my garage? What about wheelbases?
Diesel or Gas, Transmissions, Differentials, & Beds. Can your salesperson tell a 1/2 ton from
a 1 ton? Crew Cabs-Those Wonderful 4 Full Size Doors!
HEY! Special Report
The Truth about Loans! |
 Finally
an aftermarket hay/cargo rack for all the extra space you're
looking for. And it bolts together. Easy to assemble, all
aluminum, extruded frame rails will fit most trailers of all
sizes. Comes with a ladder. Now you're ready for hay, generator,
water tank, tack boxes or anything else you need more room for.
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Towing Review:
Free Truck Comparisons;
Hummer H2 pulls a horse trailer & more.
Special report on buying a Dodge equipped
right. Updated Review of GM's
Duramax, & Quadrasteer.
The Good, Bad & Ugly. Farm Stories, competition
created American Free Enterprise. Latest truck technology
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 Updates: I
tried the Tattle-Trail TTK 550 wireless Portable Towing Monitor System
with my 3 H gooseneck trailer. Using an accelerometer
to detect movement, vibration or shock. like the gyro in my camera
to prevent shake and blurry images. In a previous life, the
engineers at Tattle-Trail developed kidney dialysis
instrumentation. These guys tow trailers and could see the
problems their experience could solve with early detection of
trailer tire tread separation, broken suspensions, wheel bearing
problems, loose...More.... |
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Comparing Trucks,
and Terminology for Towing:
National Diesel Fuel Prices,
Axle and Tire Calculator.
Trucks for Women,
do truck manufactures care about what you
want?
Should you buy your used truck from a new or used dealer?
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