"timW" wrote in news:1161454565.902491.260930
@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

We own a big Chevy conversion with the larger of the
two 8 cylinder engines in it, so for power and weight I don't think we
have a problem.

Power's not your problem with the conversion van....WEIGHT is!...

Light duty chassis with lots of tonnage and very little overhead for more.
(Notice how it's NOT on a 1-ton truck chassis.)

Of concern in a GM van, what transmission is in it? What rear end ratio?
Today we're all trying to make those MILEAGE numbers with the government
bureaucrats with low-ratio rear ends turnin' 'em slow.....not much towing
power in that.

I'd be more afraid of its BRAKES than its power. A half-ton van loaded
with all that party van stuff is pretty close to its rated load on the
brakes, too. Add a few thousand pounds of boat shoving it along at 70 may
make STOPPING it another problem.

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