[Fot] How much do you think a GT6 could tow?

[n197tr4 at cs.com]

I've seen,  "Not recommended for towing with manual transmission" or a derated
towing capacity and assumed it was because of the clutch.

I think you are correct.





-----Original Message-----
From: Herald948 at aol.com
To: fot at autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, Jan 30, 2010 8:40 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] How much do you think a GT6 could tow?


In a message dated 1/30/2010 12:20:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
197TR4 at cs.com writes:
Low tech  answer:  Generally speaking the final product weight limits are
stablished by the weakest component rating installed from the  supplier.
Tire ratings
xle ratings
ransmission  ratings
pring ratings
=AM==
 guess most modern manufacturers now consider the clutch of a manual
ransmission to be one of those "weakest components"! I'd special-ordered my
991 Ford Explorer with full towing package AND five-speed manual, which
ropped  the max. recommended towing weight by something like 700 lbs. That
ever
bothered me, since I was towing mostly Triumphs (ok, there was that one
eugeot  wagon....). The clutch and gearbox never gave me any trouble in over
00k I put  on the beast, and I only had to replace one propeller shaft
-joint.

here were plenty of other bits that I had to replace, and I long wished
'd gone for the manual transfer case and manual front hubs, but the
hen-wife  didn't like the idea of getting out in mud and snow to lock the
front
hubs. (I  found I didn't like the idea of replacing the automatic front hubs
at
300 or so  each!)

o its credit, though, that little V-6 Explorer towed beautifully at
ighway speeds (and, uh, then some), and it suffered almost no loss in fuel
conomy doing so (about 19.5 mpg average towing, and about 20.5 mpg average
ithout trailer).

ometimes I still miss that old beast.... ;-)
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