[Fot] Towing

[riverside]

Any body try one of the airport
shuttle bus Diesels??

art de armond
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert bownes" <bownes at seiri.com>
To: <LimeyV8 at aol.com>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Towing


> wow...
>
> I too am towing with an Avalanche. On my 2nd one in fact (2006 1500, we 
> gave
> the 2002 to the in-laws). Towing 24' enclosed trailer with whatever we're
> racing/working on this weekend in it (FV, Nissan 200sx LeMons car, TR6,
> etc).
>
> IMHO, the 2002 is the one to own. The interior is a bit more comfy. The 
> 1500
> front brake disks warp on all of them, think about upgrading to the brake
> calipers/rotors from the 2500 if need be.
>
> Another alternative is to find a well loved ambulance. Preferably one 
> owned
> by a volunteer rescue squad as they take better care of vehicles. Our 
> squad
> just sold off a 6 year old Ford E350 Type III (the kind with the box on 
> the
> back) turbo diesel for $4k or so. 100k miles and still going strong. I
> strongly considered buying it but it has this _nasty_ squeak in the 
> steering
> column that drove me _nuts_ on a several hour transport once. Easily fixed
> with a new bushing, but just the memory put me off :)
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:35 AM, <LimeyV8 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 1/28/2010 12:03:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> spitlist at cox.net writes:
>>
>> I have  an Avalanche that I tow my double deck trailer with two Spits and
>> it
>> does  just fine.
>>
>> It has a cover for the back end so I can get a lot of stuff  in it and 
>> with
>> the back seats laid down, it makes a lot more room for  storage.
>>
>> And since it has four doors, it makes a very good casual  vehicle when 
>> not
>> going to events.
>>
>> Joe C.
>>
>>
>> Ditto or yeah, what he said.
>>
>> I tow with an Avalanche - same color as Joe's actually - and like it a 
>> lot.
>>  Its got almost 120,000 miles on it now - I've owned it since new and at
>> least  75% of those miles were done towing a TR6 or TR8 somewhere.
>> no problems with it - ever.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jack Mc
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