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Please don't shoot the messenger..... I responded because I'd had the conversation with a couple of DOT officers ( one in Texas, one in Indiana ), who pointed out that since the vehicle is owned by a "company", it therefore could be considered commercial. I choose to not put myself in a position where I might have to argue the case along the roadside. So, if the insurance company says it's okay, your accountant says it's okay, and the bmv says it's okay, the person who pulls us over on the road can still make us have a bad day. It's a broad gray area. How dark gray do you want to be? So, if a trusted DOT authority says it's considered commercial, the words "folks get away with it", is, in my eyes, a fact, not just an implication.

You might one day run into a little snag in this plan. LLC means "Limited Liability Corporation", which is considered a commercial entity. Therefore, your truck and trailer will be commercial, regardless of what stickers you might slap on the side, or what the insurance folks say. Do lots of folks get away with this? Sure. But I don't want to be a test case.

I feel your pain. When we bought our trailer, the previous owners had a dog that was a shedding machine. After 9 years, we're still finding hair. But, at least it doesn't smell "doggy".

Okay Kirk, you got me there.

After reading the first paragraph, it's apparent the author is ignorant and/or biased, in the ways of rv's in general, and large self propelled rv's in particular. Further reading of that authors drivel is pointless. Of course, it's a free country. Read it if you like.

Wow. Likely the clutch was dis-engaging, but the clutch brake wasn't stopping the spinning assembly so the tranny brain said "no go". Easy fix, once you figured it out.

There's nothing wrong with a TrailerSaver, unless you have a really heavy trailer. We towed with one for many years. The one modification I recommend is to add a leveling valve. Then you don't need to bother with adjusting the air pressure to get the right ride height.

I will add here, if you are lucky enough to visit with Steve at his shop, you'll enjoy every minute. He has all the machine tools and toys.

That is SWEET!!!! I'm sure your scooter won't mind riding in that. The only thing I would change is some sort of cushioned hitch.

Well, Carl knows me pretty well, so I'm sure I'm not included in that "intelligent" group. And Darryl, I think you know me well enough to also exclude me from that description. You can call me anything except "late for supper".

Well, Carl is "fiscally sensitive". He watches his pennies. So, he'd only buy 1/2 dozen donuts. Of course he'd need to sample one in the interest of quality control. Can't be giving the crew inferior donuts. But, to get a statistically significant sampling, he'd better eat another to be sure that first one isn't a fluke. While sitting at the traffic light, he'd accidently grab a third and have it half gone before realizing these are for someone else. Arrive back at the job site to fine four guys on the job. Dang, there's only three donuts left. Now what? Destroy the evidence.

Problem is.....Carl likes donuts too. The crew would never see them.

Thinking, which is usually dangerous..... If you're hitching at an angle, which was the original question, and you have all the weight on the hitch, what keeps the trailer from moving sideways, and isn't that hard on the pinbox? I don't see how you can chock for a sideload, unless the hitch angle is pretty small.

Yep. I sometimes hauled both water and fertilizer to the field to load my sprayer. Some herbicides call for up to 1 gal. liquid nitrogen solution/10 gal mix per acre. That, and this tanker was cheaper than other's I found. 😉 I pulled it with an old 1984 White/Volvo/GMC, former Valvoline tractor. 350 Big Cam and Fuller 8 spd. In it's day, it was a horse. Edit: With that trailer, there was no choice but to put full weight on the hitch, and the legs where pinned to height. And it had no Maxi's either. Either chock the wheels, or hook up air lines before hitching.

My first ever time driving a tractor-trailer was pulling a half full load or 28% N ( 10.6#/gal, un-baffled tank) out of a field, through several traffic lights, and into the next field, with an IH 9030, 903 Cummins and 10 spd. That was tricky. When I bought my own tanker, it was not only baffled, it had compartments. I'd be all over a little friendly driving competition, minus the traffic. I'll defer to you on that.