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Was bringing my trailer to the hardware store overkill when all I needed was two 6-foot lengths of wood? Perhaps\u2026 the wood would\u2019ve fit in the car (if I put the seats down) but I have the trailer, it\u2019s easy enough to hook up, and gosh darn it, I like using it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Was bringing my trailer to the hardware store overkill when all I needed was two 6-foot lengths of wood? Perhaps\u2026 the wood would\u2019ve fit in the car (if I put the seats down) but I have the trailer, it\u2019s easy enough to hook up, and gosh darn it, I like using it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[515],"tags":[159,493],"class_list":["post-5854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quick-posts","tag-keithmobile","tag-trailer","post_format-post-format-status","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2022\/11\/img_3744-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-1wq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6102,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2024\/02\/24\/mercedes-glk-250-towing-experience\/","url_meta":{"origin":5854,"position":0},"title":"Mercedes GLK 250 Towing Experience","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A while back I wrote about what it's like to use a Mercedes GLK 250 as a tow vehicle, and promised that I would do a follow-up once I'd finished a big trip I'd planned that would involve me towing a big camper trailer around the country. 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