On Fri, 29 May 2009 07:02:51 -0400, jim785 wrote:

John H wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 06:52:51 -0400, "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 used you and it as an example over there. Amplify if you get a
chance - over there.
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John H

Where the heck is over there?

BTW:
http://www.clarku.edu/~djoyce/trig/what.html

Send me an email and I'll tell you!
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John H