I am currently putting together a TD Syncro to pull my boat.. I have no doubt it will do it... right now I am pulling my boat which is a commercial barge (boat motor and trailer weigh 2200 pounds) with my 85 1.9 with a pretty mikeymouse hitch... I am in Florida on level ground and the ramp is close by... but I must say that the van has launched and removed the boat with zero strain and no problems thus far... I have one of the Haynes costom hitches for the syscro and a custom aluminum and stainless trailor with bronze disc brakes and torsion bars to make things easier for the driver and whatever is towing it... I have heard a lot about these vans not being up to the job but from my experiance the speculation does not square with the performance I have witnessed thus far |
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