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Date:         Tue, 21 May 96 11:55:21 EDT
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From:         Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu>
Subject:      RE: towing boat (fwd)

Speaking of losing traction, I have an interesting story, but not
related to boat launching -- well, maybe it could be...


Delivering a pizza last night, I pulled up to the top of a steep
driveway -- not too steep, prolly about like a boat ramp.  This is a '78
by the way.  Backing down the driveway, I went to push on the brakes to
slow my d3sescent and the right fron twheel locked up.  Ack!  Didn't
slow me down much and left a nice black mark all the way down the
driveway accompianied with a loud screech.  Oops!  Seems busses need a
bit more weight on the front wheels for that.  So I ugess if you were
backing a boat in with a Vanagon and you tried to stop and the same
happened to you, you could either slam on the parking brake real
queick and holpe for traction or you could swim out of you r
Van.agon.


Sean


> 
> 
> >> Another solution to avoid dunking the engine is to mount a second trailer 
> 
> >> hitch on the front.  You get the idea.  A side benefit might be the ease
> >> that you can maneuver a trailer this way.
> >
> >I would be worried about backing the Vanagon up the ramp.  I would think it
> >would be much more likely to lose traction.
> 
> 
> Yeah, and I'll marry Cindy Crawford.
> 
> Do FWD cars backing a trailer into the water, have this problem? If not,
> why would a vanagon "fronting" a trailer into the water, have the problem?
> 
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> P.S. No, that's *not* a Vanagon with schnorkel, and boat on trailer.
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