Date:         Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:45:37 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: It's just not the same...
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  Yeah that was a miss-type..55mph is the limit for vehicles towing in Cal.
And the cops really sit there on the borders to nail anyone who has just
crossed into the state and forgets the low limit.
  I would not want to tow anything with my Van and it's small inline
motor...but the Ford diesel hardly  even notices anything.
  Don Hanson



On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Typo, no doubt, Don. I just towed a trailer to Barstow and back in my
> Westfauxia- 55 is the limit for towing in California. And yes, the CHP is
> giving out speeding tickets like never before- they are everywhere.
> My West"faux"ia is a 85 Vanagon with a Westfalia interior. But it's not my
> 82 Westfalia, with heaters, fridge(this has a icebox) extra lighting, dual
> batteries, and a ABA engine .
> At 55mph, it took me two full days to drive the 650 miles each way ,
> driving solo.
>
> I'm going to get the 82's engine replaced. This one is for sale if anyone
> is interested for $2,500.
> In Seattle.
>
> Robert
>
> --- On Fri, 1/15/10, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>
> From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: It's just not the same...
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 11:45 AM
>
>
> ...traveling and camping in other than my Vanagon.
>
> This winter, due to a variety of circumstances, I was forced to come to the
> desert driving my wife's diesel pickup and hauling a Wells Cargo
> trailer. Normally I can meet my  wife down here and drive my old 84 inline
> with all my 'stuff' in it.  So coming from near Portland Oregon to near San
> Diego cost us well over twice for fuel (we paid about $3.10/gal for diesel
> and used +plenty+)  The pickup has a pop-top camper and all the stuff (work
> tools and bicycles, etc) fit into the wells cargo, but California limits
> vehicles towing to 65mph..and we were forced to take the boring interstate
> 5
> route south this time with plenty of 'hungry' cops out looking to help with
> 'fornia's budget shortfall.  The size of the combo...not big compared to
> what most snowbirds take along, but much bigger than a vanagon...not so
> handy.  Trying to sleep in the poptop at one of our overnights (a casino
> parkinglot frequented by big rigs and diesel pusher motorhomes....pretty
> noisy, hard to get into "the back 40 with the trailer" and a pain getting
> into and out of the camper..
>
>   Here I am, sitting in the front seat, crosswise, typing rather than all
> relaxed in the comfort of my camper and my bicycle is propped-up
> precariously in back, getting walked on by the dogs and all scratched up...
>
>   Vanagons are best...
>
>   One thing better about the big 3/4 ton pickup was it was pretty
> comfortable to sit in on the trip...just loafing along without any
> connection to the outside world, really...
>
>   Don Hanson
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