"Joe Blizzard" wrote in message
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"V Crenshaw" wrote
You do NOT want anything with front wheel drive
Thanks, this helps a lot.

Don't forget to take free advice (including mine) for what it's worth. I
regularly pull my portly old 18' runabout up a steep ramp using my front
wheel drive Taurus wagon with no trouble atoll. When the pickup truck guys
have traction trouble, guess which wheels they lock in to get things
going?
This is not to say you shouldn't get a big truck or suburban or something
if
you can afford it, (I'd love to have one just for towing), but if you have
to make do with a compromise, you can. I don't take my boat on long trips
behind the Taurus, by the way, just ~10 miles to and from the ramp to plop
it in and pluck it out of the water.



Just before I decided to get rid of my Taurus, my mechanic suggested simply
changing the physics of the car a bit by adding air shocks in the rear. My
experience was like yours - the car did pretty well, maybe due to its
weight. Not great in all conditions, but not too bad, either.