Tow people,
At the risk of letting this get out of hand, I have a F700 with an 8.2 liter
Detroit diesel and a 5 speed short forth transmission and a two speed rear end.
Might be a bit too much, with a turning radius of about 60 feet, but it would
pull any three of the trailers listed here along with their tow vehicles, this
assuming 7K per, and get about 8 mpg to boot assuming the law would allow it
and the frames could take it.
:-)
Sorry, couldn't resist.
bobb
Bob Anderson wrote:
> For a good tow vehicle - get a Hummer.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asbestos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, July 03, 2000 9:54 PM
> Subject: [VAC] tow vehicles
>
> >think about the Toyota Tundra with the new V8, massive power, huge
> torque,
> >in a well behaved, thrifty engine. this is a super smooth engine. (it's
> like
> >budda) This truck should be able to tow anything on this list with aplomb.
> I
> >know I sound like a salesman, But check consumer reports, or anyone else.
> >consider that instead of some 10 cylinder pickup, or some stank diesel.
> If
> >I had the 30$ to get one the way I want it I would have, maybe in a few
> >years when used ones start showing up.
> >
> >all this talk about these massive engines to tow Airstreams. What about
> >picture of the guy on the bike? A good power drill can put out more work
> >than a human. Anyway I towed my caravel 17' with my '94 Toyota pickup with
> >a 4 cylinder (2.2L I believe) and it was fine. Now that was just to get it
> >home (100+ miles) . I realize that the situation was far from ideal as the
> >truck is a bit undersized but it worked. I just wanted to through that out
> >there If you want a massive machine that has excess power, fine.
> >Remember, want and need are two different things.
> >
> >
> >
--
Bob Basques
'73 Excella 500, 31'
