"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 09:12:21 -0500, "Dan J.S." wrote:


"Jack Goff" wrote in message
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On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 02:12:54 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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3,500 lbs or there abouts.

Damn....

What - that's not a lot.

It's precisely the towing limit of my truck. Being a Toyota, it's
probably
a
conservative number, but still....I don't want to mess up a 10 year
investment. If it was a throwaway like a Chevy or Ford....


I'm not a big GM fan, but my current yard truck is an '89 Chevy 1500.
Original 350 motor, tranny, rear end. Interior and body all original.
Everything works,it drives and rides great, and it still looks good.
At 16 years old, it's worth more than that Toy.

Besides, it'll snatch that puny-assed Toyota all over the place.
3500# towing limit? That's not a towing limit... it's a warning... to
not try to tow anything!

Give it up dude. Any Toyota truck will put ANY GM or Ford truck to shame.

Really...

And just what do you base that little piece of data on?

Borrow a car and drive behind your Ford/Chevy/Dodge truck for a few minutes.
Engine manufacturing tolerances are quite a bit wider (polite term) than
what Toyota considers acceptable. The American trucks, right out of the
showroom, smell like 30 year old vehicles. Not smoke. "Other". If you need a
really clear demo, focus on what Dodge/Chrysler mini-vans smell like when
they're more than a couple of years old.

By the way, my comment on manufacturing tolerances comes from a dubious
source: A friend who works on site with car makers, setting up their CNC
machinery. The level of precision is specified by each manufacturer, which
blows off any comments like "CNC machinery is capable of amazing precision".
Yeah - but the user of the machinery has other issues to address, like
production speed.