In a message dated 05/02/1999 7:40:20 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
MMJB28A@prodigy.com writes:
<< I once -foolishly- towed a 260Z 2+2 from Buffalo NY to Oneonta NY
about 350 miles behind a '77 Datsun pickup and going around a
downhill curve, the Z almost pushed the back end of the truck right
off the road. not to be recommended- lesson learned. reminded myself
how much fun by towing a '51 Caddy Fleetwood 60 Special 450 miles
from Virginia to upstate NY behind my '89 Ford F250 pu this week on a
U-Haul trailer....around 6500 lb behind the pu. the hills are no fun
when you in essence more than double the weight your engine has to
pull. at least this time I had a class 3 hitch instead of a towbar
made out of 3 snowfence posts welded together and attached to the
back of the truck with an old railroad spike dropped down thru the
hole where the ball should have been on the hitch......sometimes I
wonder how we survive our more youthful years. trading the Caddy for
getting 2 roadsters and my brother's jeep painted.
Craig Halsted
upstate NY
roadsters and other stuff...
>>
I seem to recall a good rule of thumb is that the tow vehicle should weigh at
least one and a half times the towed one. There are a lot of dynamics at
work here, not just if you have enough power to pull it. The really scary
one is if you are towing a vehicle that weighs as much as the tow car, on a
rainy road, going downhill around a curve. You may not have enough tire
adhesion to be able to stop or steer. It's really better to come up with a
heavier vehicle, for safety.
I agree, I don't how we have survived some of the really dumb things we have
done (speaking for myself, anyway)
Joseph Berkenbile
70 1600
Albuquerque
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