Eisboch wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2009 19:58:14 -0400, D K
wrote:

Wow! That 179 HP is just a bit more than half of the 350 HP in my
SUV and the torque is less than half.

What a (chick) machine!

You aren't going to try to tow with that, right?

I think the Navigator is rated at 5500. It has 330 cu in and 300 hp. I
have a one ton boat and no trailer brakes. The heft it has is more
than handy. We tried to pull it behind a Ranger and it didn't like to
stop. I have a 94 horse Mercedes that is rated at 150 tons,
300 if you connect the brakes on the railcars. Whatever
Casady


Are we supposed to be impressed that Dickqueless Krueger has an SUV
with twice the horsepower of someone else's SUV? Wow...that sure does
it for me, but it doesn't change the indisputable fact that Krueger is
snarky, worthless piece of ****, and worthy only of being filtered out
of usenet.

I successfully towed a boat the size and weight of Krueger's behind a
V6 Ranger without problems. You don't need a 350 hp SUV to tow a
19-foot boat.

Engine size is a secondary consideration when towing IMO. A Ranger 4
cylinder will tow if you use the appropriate gears. Weight and
suspension of the tow vehicle is far more important. A Ranger may be
fine for short range towing of 2 or 3 thousand lbs, but I'd never
attempt long range, highway speed trips. They just aren't made for
it. The last Ranger I had was the "beefed up" Level Two version that
had a heavier duty suspension and tow package. It was rated for about
6,000 lbs, IIRC. It still was not a safe truck for highway towing
purposes, even with a light trailer and load, which is why I traded it
in for a F-250. Huge difference. Funny thing is, the V6 Ranger only
got about 3-4 mpg better gas mileage than the F-250 achieves.

I may be a bit picky, but I've done quite a bit of long range towing
over the past 5 or 6 years. Learned my lesson. For example, the
little Sprinter RV with a 154hp diesel tows up to 5000 lbs effortlessly
and it's handling is virtually unaffected by the weight of the trailer.

Eisboch




I work hard to avoid long-distance towing. Got a couple of boat ramps
practically in the neighborhood, and three or four more in several
directions withing 20-25 miles. Once or twice a season, I'll consider
towing the boat to either Virginia Beach or the OBX.

I see a lot of Sprinters on the road equipped as commercial vehicles.
Visually, they seem to be very top-heavy, but if that were really a
problem, they would have been redesigned by now. There's really not a
lot of weight up there at roof level.