Date:         Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:54:23 -0600
Reply-To:     Chris Smith <chris.smith@AQUILA.NET>
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From:         Chris Smith <chris.smith@AQUILA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
Comments: To: Chris Stann <ChrisS@INFORMS.COM>
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Been there, done that..

3 years ago I towed a friends '61 Single Cab (for sale now) from Chicago to
St. Louis behind my '82 Westy.  It made it, the Westy survived but I won't
do it again.  Coming home up I-39 we caught a major storm just north of
LaSalle.  The cross wind just about flipped the entire rig.  We survived it
all but the engine in the Westy was toast a few short months later.  I
can't prove that towing the Single Cab for 700 miles caused it, but the
stress couldn't have helped.

Chris Smith


At 02:27 PM 1/24/02 -0600, Chris Stann wrote:
>Yes, it sounds insane!  Absolutely!  And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted
>tow bar on my '85 Westy!
>
>The tow bar is rated at 1200 lbs.  The split-window bus would be towed on
>its own wheels using a tow bar that hooks onto the front beam.  The trip is
>about 200 miles of fairly flat road.
>
>Am I crazy for even thinking I can make it?
>
>Chris.