Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim: It had to be the 460 gas mill, not the diesel. Had one and on a trip through the mountains it had a hard time getting out of it's own way with about a 7000 lb load behind it. The big block gas is a horse of a different color. Cheers Wilber Jim Brick wrote: > 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