Agree 100%. needs more tongue weight. Definitely was not designed to haul that specific car. If the axle were about 10-12" back, or the car could come that far forward it probably would have towed like a dream.

Them guys aren't as smart as they look. Well maybe they are, cause they don't look too smart here. lol Anybody that has towed a trailer much would know that you can't tow a trailer that the weight is balanced like that. You need at least 200 to 300 lbs. of tongue weight for it to not have that hospital wobble.

possibly the car needs to back onto the trailor.....to change the weight distribution ,

a model A with a flathead v8 motor would be front heavy.........

Yeah, no tongue weight , axle needs to get moved back. I don’t know how anybody ever towed with that thing. Unless they put one of those Y- blocks on the tongue.

Correct you need 10% of your total weight of the trailer on the tongue

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I used to do a lot of flat towing also. It's illegal now. At least it is here in Oregon. The very first time I did it I had just started working at a gas station in Phoenix Arizona in 1974. I was 18 years old. My new boss told me to get in his truck because we had a job to do. On the way there he told me we would be towing a car back to his station and explained to me how it worked. I was flabbergasted to learn that I would be doing all the braking for both us. It was a big car and a big pickup and the car had no vaccum so no power brakes. It took A LOT of pressure to get the brakes to do their job. Things started out okay but then my boss started going faster and faster until we're flying through downtown phoenix at 60 MPH and I'm not getting much help from the brakes. We somehow made it back safe and sound but I was a wreck. My boss said "good job" and he had me do it many times after that. He didn't have a tow truck. I now use a tow bar and magnetic lights that are wired into my truck. We did a lot of sketchy things when we were young and happily we lived through all of it. But we had a great time and learned so much. I never really had a mentor so my friends and I just went for it. We screwed up sometimes but we eventually figured most stuff out. There were some old guys that would sometimes give us advice but we had to be careful because they didn't always tell us everything so they could get a little entertainment form our adventures. I wouldn't call them mentors but they usually helped us with their knowledge and experience. I wish I could find a young person to mentor, or at least help, but most kids today just don't seem interested.To be fair, todays cars are not easy to work on. On my daily driver I can change the oil and a couple little things but after 6 years I still haven't even seen the splark plugs. And you can't even check the transmission fluid.

I think about 3-400 pounds of cement blocks on the front of the trailer would have made a big difference. Probably could have lined them up in the tire channels and hung a few from the bumper.... or use bungee cords and stack up those tires on the draw bar. If we're gonna go sketchy then might as well go whole hog.

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You'd love Mobile Alabama in the summer with the wind blowing south. The air would actually make your eyes water working on the flight line at the Coast Guard Airstation doing inspections. All maintenance was done in the hangers doirs closed on those days. I spent two summers there (78/79) TAD for their Aviation Cadet training program.

I'd rather have that truck.

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