anybody tow with front wheel drive only?

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nateD states, " pucker factor...but so is windage. " when pulling 'bill boards' down the highway;
Resistance through air squares as speed doubles.

Coming back from Shreveport, La to Toledo, Ohio we pulled with an old tired Chevy 3/4 ton diesel P-up, a goose neck four horse trailer and that had a 16 foot double axle flat bed hooked on to that. The truck, the horse, and the flat trailer were over loaded coming back from a paint finishing system job for Mag Flash Lights and Smokey Joe's.
This was the trip where three of our crew were shot, one died, on Father's Day Sunday in a laundry mat. But that's another story.

We could barley maintain the minimum 45 mph on the Indiana Toll Road, the State Trooper pulled up along side slowly looked at me behind the wheel, shook his Smokey-the-bear hat and just smiled as he drove on by. He knew, by the black cloud of diesel fumes, we were chugging along best we could. He probably figured we'd never get her going again if he pulled us over.

Those were fun days. Well 'cept for the shooting. skip.

CaptRon28 is correct--> " Actually, it does make a difference. The vertical load on the receiver at the back of the towing vehicle, typically in the 8 to 10 percent range, will take weight off of the front tires - like a see-saw. The ramp angle, especially if on the steep side, will do the same thanks to gravity. "

And that is why I could not understand why on the TV Series 'Ice Truckers' they would load a 30,000 lb cement block behind the cab but in front of the 5th wheel and trailer...said that added an extra 8,000 to the front axle for better traction and steering on ice for these semi's.