Re: RC: tow vehicle size

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Vehicles are designed to a given specification, which is shared with the
customer. If you buy a truck it is specified by a GVW, a GCVW and a
towing weight for the particular body, engine, transmission and drive
train.

Do not go over any of those specifications. First of all it is not legal
to do so and secondly it is not safe.

Truman 

Olivia Greene wrote:
> 
> More fuel for the tow vehicle debate:
> 
> I agree that an awful lot of people tow with vehicles really too small to do
> a safe job in the long run.  I used to be one of them.  I've towed my
> Brenderup (supposed to be OK pulled by a 6 cylinder car) with a 6 cylinder
> Chevy Blazer - worked great on flat land, but in the mountains of New
> England I burned out a clutch, then after getting that fixed burned out the
> transmission (though it took a couple years of hauling to accomplish this).
> 
> Mechanics told me if I used a larger tow vehicle this wouldn't happen again.
>   So when I could afford any thing at all larger I got a 20+ year old (8
> cylinder) 1/2 ton Suburban.  I was amazed at being able to get to rides in
> half the time because I didn't crawl up hills anymore.  But when I
> eventually got a newer 3/4 ton Suburban (both Suburbans were 350) it was the
> best yet. It gets 15m./gal.towing.  I did have a 454 Chevy for a short time,
> but its terrible (8m./gal.) gas efficiency  made more difference to me than
> being able to cruise up mountains over the speed limit (I didn't need to
> encourage that behavior in myself either)!
> 
> -Olivia


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