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Date:         Wed, 10 Mar 1999 17:19:03 -0600
Reply-To:     "Mark B. Magee" <condor2@FLASH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Mark B. Magee" <condor2@FLASH.NET>
Subject:      Re: towing with a vanagon
Comments: To: Rich Burdick <rburdick@BWN.NET>
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Rich Burdick wrote:

> > > Can anyone give me some idea how much I can tow behind a > Vanagon without burning out the transmission? Could I haul, > say, a Beetle behind it all day on the freeway? The owner's > manual simply says that towing "beyond the normal useage of > the vehicle". I know lots of people tow stuff. Thanks.Dave > way up in Maine > > Dave, If you do good care things like: Don't let the thing get > drasticly overheated going up long hills at too high (5,000 +) RPM > with no breaks,Change the oil & filter every 3,000 miles or so,Make > sure it's got good oil & coolant, Then you should be able to tow just > about anything you can hook up to and move with: I have loaded ~2,000 > lbs of stuff inside my westy Syncro, and towed a Suzuki Sidekick from > east Tennessee to western Colorado - crossing mountains up to 12,000 > ft plus - crossing Kansas bucking 25 mph+ headwinds - several times. > No ill effects except that gas mileage isn't too great, and it does > take a bit longer to get where I'm going! Now I do take it easy, watch > my temperature and try to make it as easy on the vehicles as possible. > I'm a little over 220,000 miles on the vehicle so far. >

Rich, What speed to you keep in your towing? I pretty much run my Westy at 65 MPH on trips, usually heavily loaded w/family/gear. I was thinking that I could tow a light trailer w/camp gear and Motorcycle (below) at 65 as well. If I remember 65 is around 3900 RPM and she likes that real fine. 70MPH is okay, I've got 144K on orig everything and just don't want to push too hard. Opinion(s) appreciated.

-- ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Shalom 87 GL Mark Magee 91 Westy Kemah TX USA 96 Suzuki 4WD Sport John 14:6 Honda XL 250


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