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1. RE: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: "Jarrod Igou" <jigou@raquet.net>; Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:07:35 -0600; Allen, a friend of mine uses his first-gen Durango to pull his Spec Miata around the midwest. He's familiar with towing and had pulled that car or his Solo car quite a bit, so the balance and system; /html/autox/2006-12/msg00000.html (6,816 bytes)
2. Re: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: Smokerbros@aol.com; Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:13:25 EST; I guess my question is "What is cheap?" It seems like there has been talk of vehicles up to $10K or so... I heard him say he didn't have the space for a "Full sized truck", too. For $10K you can buy; /html/autox/2006-12/msg00001.html (6,949 bytes)
3. Re: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:09:42 +0000; OK, here is what the 1993 Suburban owner's manual says in the trailer section: == If you are towing a trailer that weighs more than 4,000 pounds (1800 kg), and you have an automatic transmission with; /html/autox/2006-12/msg00003.html (7,917 bytes)
4. off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: "Allen Skillicorn" <allens@peinfo.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:27:31 -0600; Anyone have experience towing with mid-size SUV's? For '07 I will be towing a 2200lbs miata and a 1500lbs trailer. I'm not looking for a dually diesel, Suburban, etc. A full size truck or SUV will no; /html/autox/2006-11/msg00018.html (9,570 bytes)
5. Re: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: "John Innis" <jdinnis@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:57:41 -0600; I have towed a decent sized boat (maybe 1000#) on a 1000# trailer with my parents '95 Chevy Blazer (S10 based). The Blazer did a fine job, but I would want trailer brakes on anything heavier. The wit; /html/autox/2006-11/msg00020.html (8,171 bytes)
6. Re: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: Jeff Dutkofski <jeff@orphancars.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:06:06 -0600; I can second John's recommendation -- have a 2001 S10 Blazer and have used it to pull around my V8 powered Fiero on a no-frills utility trailer (read: heavy trailer!). With the weight balanced right,; /html/autox/2006-11/msg00021.html (8,323 bytes)
7. RE: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: "Allen Skillicorn" <allens@peinfo.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:22:20 -0600; Thanks Alan, to be honest, power in my 190HP 4.0L Jeep Cherokee (small) wasn't a problem. I'm replacing it anyway, I don't feel it's worth fixing the AC. I pulled my 2700lbs Honda S2000, 1500lbs trai; /html/autox/2006-11/msg00022.html (9,437 bytes)
8. Re: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:14:59 +0000; I have heard this and I don't understand what the problem is with using overdrive. Typically, overdrive in light-truck automatics incorporates a lock-up function. I would think that in this mode the; /html/autox/2006-11/msg00023.html (8,610 bytes)
9. Re: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: Smokerbros@aol.com; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:11:04 EST; I do understand that if your transmission was hunting between 3rd and 4th, this would not be to your advantage, and making sure it stayed in 3rd would be a good idea. I have towed for great distances; /html/autox/2006-11/msg00025.html (8,113 bytes)
10. Re: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:43:20 +0000; Interesting. This is counter-intuitive, but you can't beat first-person experience. I have no idea if my transmission is a GM 700R4 derivative. I'll be checking that owner's manual. -- Phil Ethier We; /html/autox/2006-11/msg00027.html (8,723 bytes)
11. Re: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: Craig Naylor <magazine@pacbell.net>; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:43:29 -0800; My brother had a mid '90's Chevy S10 PU w/ V6 and towing package. Pulled a 2000 lbs 2 Horse trailer - with horses (Guessing here 1500 lbs apiece) all over So Cal including the mountains for over 150k; /html/autox/2006-11/msg00031.html (8,581 bytes)
12. Re: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: Sam & Greg Scharnberg <samandgreg@netins.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:02:01 -0600; OD, by definition, has gear multiplication so that the output shaft rotates at a higher speed than the input shaft. This OD gear set will produce more heat than the 1 to 1 ratio used for "drive". Als; /html/autox/2006-11/msg00032.html (8,803 bytes)
13. Re: off season - cheap tow vehicle choices (score: 1): Author: Sam & Greg Scharnberg <samandgreg@netins.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:57:00 -0600; I tow with a vehicle that weighs 6,200 empty and has a GVW rating of 9,000. Even with all that, I would not tow over 1,000 pounds for long distances without trailer brakes. IMHO, the increase in stop; /html/autox/2006-11/msg00033.html (7,874 bytes)

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