Pulling trailer with Jetta

[Snowdance38]

What is a Camping trailer?? A touring caravan I will guess would be what we call a travel trailer.. But not sure what a camping trailer is.. Is it like my Folding trailer ??

There are no laws here as far as pulling.. But I am one of the few that pull with a car or station wagon.. Most here pull with pickup's or SUV's.. I just hate to own one of them and drive it most of the time at low fuel mileage and with a rough ride so I can pull a trailer once in a while..


In Oregon the state leaves the truck weight scales on when they leave so we were able to stop by one and get a weight on our 06 Jetta 2.5 and trailer.. Jetta came in loaded and with us at 4250 lbs and trailer at 1500 lbs so not really much weight...

We pull it at about 70 mph on the highway most of the time.. Our folding trailer has only 10 inch wheels so I dont like to tow at faster speeds as they are going around fast enough at that speed.. We can see over the trailer so we can use the inside mirror and the side ones too so can see well.. Also the trailer being so low does not cause much drag.. We seldom notice it there..

[bora(ing) nick]

My camping trailer is just like a Box trailer... but i keep all the camping gear in there, hence camping trailer...

The trailer is as high as the car though so i cant see through the rear view mirror, or rather i couldnt...

I've installed a reversing camera in to the back of the trailer and hooked it up to my in car DVD player.

Works well, and its good for motorway driving, changing lanes etc

Nick

[Snowdance38]

My camping trailer is just like a Box trailer... but i keep all the camping gear in there, hence camping trailer...

The trailer is as high as the car though so i cant see through the rear view mirror, or rather i couldnt...

I've installed a reversing camera in to the back of the trailer and hooked it up to my in car DVD player.

Works well, and its good for motorway driving, changing lanes etc

Nick

Now that sounds like a great idea.. I see those cameras on many big buses and trailers..

I also have a trailer that I haul stuff and our motorcycle with from time to time.. But I can also see over it.. I had what you call a camping trailer for some years..

I also have a covered trailer that I pull behind our motorcycle with all our camping gear so guess it is a camping trailer but then I also haul other stuff in it..