[Rhodes22-list] Short haul tow vehicle

[Ronald Lipton]

That is good to hear.  We also have a Volvo 850 wagon and 
so far have only used it to tow the trailer.  We usually borrow 
my brother-in-law's truck to haul the boat but now I can  
blame the internet if I use the car and it ends up in Trail 
Creek (then I can use the boat to tow the car).

Ron Lipton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Short haul tow vehicle


> Bill,
> 
> You can't be that much of a lefty or you would have
> bought a Volkswagon diesel, 50 mpg.  There's an
> interesting article in todays NY Times on burning used
> vegatable oil.
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/22/science/earth/22FUEL.html
> 
> If I hadn't given my old Mercedes diesel to a charity
> I'd buy the conversion kit just for grins.  
> 
> Seriously though, your car should be fine for your
> stated intentions.  Years ago I was interested in
> importing Haflingers, an Austrian based breed of
> horse, and visited several shows each year in Europe. 
> Here in the US, horse people use Suburbans and duelley
> trucks to pull horse trailers.  The Europeans use
> their Volkswagon Golf to pull through the Alps on the
> way to the shows. Amazing! I pulled my ski-boat, which
> weighs about the same as the R-22, with a 4 cyl Izuzu
> Trooper with a lot less horsepower than your Volvo. 
> Power will not be the problem, weight on the drive
> axle coming out of the water on the ramp may be.  As
> long as the ramp is dry you'll be fine.  
> 
> The worse that could happen is you find your Volvo
> struggles pulling the boat up the ramp.  Put the boat
> back in the water and borrow someone elses vehichle. 
> I think you will be pleasantly suprised how well the
> Volvo handles it.  I got frustrated a few times
> pulling with the Isuzu in headwinds because it was so
> underpowered but you won't be doing that anyway.
> 
> Good Luck with your new yuppiemobile!
> 
> Brad Haslett
> --- bberner at optonline.net wrote:
> > 
> >    A variation on the oft discussed tow vehicle
> > question.
> > 
> > 
> >    The lease ended on my Grand Cherokee, and we
> > decided that we were
> >    doing so little towing that we couldn't justify
> > another polluting gas
> >    guzzler.
> > 
> > 
> >    Acting like the typical lefties that we are
> > perceived to be, we have
> >    wound up with a Volvo XC-70 wagon (6 cyl AWD. It
> > has a rated towing
> >    capacity of 3500#.  I'm putting a hitch on with
> > the intent of just
> >    getting the boat 100 yards from the yard to down
> > the ramp, and the
> >    reverse at the end of the season.  I'll also use
> > it to get the unladen
> >    trailer to and from my house under 10 miles away.
> > 
> > 
> >    I wasn't planning on adding a transmission cooler
> > since it's such a
> >    short trip with the boat on the trailer.
> > 
> > 
> >    Seems to me that it should be fine, but I'm
> > having nightmares of the
> >    trailer and boat dragging the acr down the ramp. 
> > I wouldn't mind, but
> >    the power boat guys would laugh.
> > 
> > 
> >    Anybody have any experience using a class 2 tow
> > vehicle for short
> >    runs?  Opinions also welcome.
> >    Bill Berner
> >    v: 914.478.2896
> >    f: 914.478.3856
> >    e: BBerner at optonline.net
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