Determining Aerodynamics, Hills & Power
HITCH HINTS
ANDY THOMSON
When the Vista Cruiser trailer from Gulfstream was launched six years ago we were excited about its introduction. At the time, many...
Towing Through the Years
The trip Florida from Ontario is a pretty common one with the bulk of the travelers using Interstate 75 from Detroit to the sunny...
2016 TOW VEHICLES
Compiled by Garth W. Cane
RVers across the country are gearing up for another season on the road but before your travels, don't miss the new 2016/2017 tow vehicles that represent some...
Learn Something New Every Year
Someone recently suggested to me that I should start utilizing Twitter as another means of receiving letters from readers. However, with the nature and...
Chrysler’s 300 Sedan
When Chrysler introduced the 300 Sedan in January 2004 at the Detroit Auto Show I was pretty excited. With a 120-inch wheel base, a...
To Boost or Not to Boost
For the last two years one of our favorite tow vehicles has been our Taurus SHO. It currently has 55,000 kilometres (with a substantial...
Towing With Tall Trucks
A couple of issues ago, I wrote about how tall many of the new pickups are becoming, and the difficulty of fitting and towing...
Transmission Programming – Andy Thomson’s Hitch Hints
Shifting gears can extend the life of your tranny.
Now that transmissions have so many gears, there is a lot more shifting going on during...
A Day at the GM McLaughlin Advanced Technology Track
A Day at the Track -
GM Trailering Boot Camp
By Norm Rosen and Andy Thomson
Andy Thomson and I recently had the privilege of joining a...
Load capacity of 3/4 ton trucks
Understanding your truck’s door sticker.
Some automakers have started printing payload capacity on the door sticker of new trucks in addition to GVWR and GAWR...
Airstream Basecamp 20: Freedom machine!
RV Lifestyle Magazine Road Test Report and photos by Norm Rosen
We had the opportunity to visit Andy Thomson at Can-Am RV Centre in London,...
Brake Hints
Every week visitors to the store come in with towing stability concerns that they need correcting. When we road test their rigs, 90 per...