Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:58 AM 8/10/99 -0500, you wrote: > >You need a 3/4 ton vehicle with at least 400 cid engine to pull these >trailers (except for flat land situations). You also need a vehicle that >will take 650 lb. hitch weights. > >Bud A few years ago, a BMW sponsored race team did a tow vehicle test. It was published in Roundel (BMW CCA magazine) and the winner, hands down, was the Suburban (3/4 ton or 1 ton, I don't remember). They were pulling two race cars, spares, tools, everything in one of those big double decker trailers. They said that whether they were going up hill, down hill, at sea level, at altitude, there was never a lack of power. It just seemed to run the same all of the time. Jim