Chrysler minivans w/towing are rated to tow up to a 3800# trailer.

Hmm, that means that a 3500# pound boat will only be... how much? ... over the
limit? I guess the trailer,
the fuel, the coolers, etc etc are weightless?

Frank and Ronnie Maier wrote:


Thanks for your concern; but I checked this out before I spent $26K on
this car. I'd rather be at the limit with a Honda or Toyota than 25%
below the limit with a Detroit product.

Since Hondas and Toyotas are both built in the USA I'm not sure how this
figures.

I have mentioned this before, but it is important to check you vehicle's GVWT
(gross vehicle weight towing). This is the max that you can tow and safely stop
as this is the max that the tow vehicle can handle. You can tow heavier loads if
within the tongue weight, but you can't stop with the brakes in a panic stop
that sometime happens out there on the road when being in a group of crazies out
there.
have towed travel trailers for years and stayed within the specs and no
problems.

Leanne

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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:13:32 -0400,
Leanne wrote:
Chrysler minivans w/towing are rated to tow up to a 3800# trailer.

Hmm, that means that a 3500# pound boat will only be... how much? ... over the
limit? I guess the trailer,
the fuel, the coolers, etc etc are weightless?

Frank and Ronnie Maier wrote:


Thanks for your concern; but I checked this out before I spent $26K on
this car. I'd rather be at the limit with a Honda or Toyota than 25%
below the limit with a Detroit product.

Since Hondas and Toyotas are both built in the USA I'm not sure how this
figures.

I have mentioned this before, but it is important to check you
vehicle's GVWT (gross vehicle weight towing). This is the max that you
can tow and safely stop as this is the max that the tow vehicle can
handle. You can tow heavier loads if within the tongue weight, but you
can't stop with the brakes in a panic stop that sometime happens out
there on the road when being in a group of crazies out there. have
towed travel trailers for years and stayed within the specs and no
problems.

Leanne




Not to mention, that if you exceed the max, and get into any kind of
accident, even one that is entirely not your fault, the insurance
company will most likely dump you for violating the safety procedures
by exceeding said GVWT.


- -- Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock

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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:13:32 -0400, "Leanne" wrote:

have towed travel trailers for years and stayed within the specs and no
problems.

I saw a monster travel trailer on I-35, not long ago. The twin screw
Kenworth looked capable of handling the job.

Casady

Richard Casady wrote in
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:13:32 -0400, "Leanne" wrote:

have towed travel trailers for years and stayed within the specs and
no
problems.

I saw a monster travel trailer on I-35, not long ago. The twin screw
Kenworth looked capable of handling the job.

Casady


I have a friend who used to own a Hatteras 56 FBMY but now lives on
shore in a big house and owns a custom-made RV that has a 48 foot 5th
wheel trailer with THREE power-driven slide outs that turn an 8' RV into
a palace. The trailer even has a powered front porch and electric
roller furler on the full length awning! You press a button and the
jacks automatically go down and lift the trailer off its wheels, and the
coupler on the truck, to a perfect level condition on any reasonably
sloped parking space.

Power to pull this heavy beast is a custom made 5th wheel hauler built
on a Ford F-750 dually diesel chassis, powered by the same dual-
turbocharger 8V92TA diesel engine the Hatteras 56 had two of! There's
an automatically-shifted Allison electronic transmission you can
"trucker" yourself or just let it do its own shifting when the wife is
driving it. The cab interior is exactly the same as the biggest Ford
Expedition built OVER a virtual GARAGE under it big enough to house the
diesel genset and all the "toys" you can imagine except a Harley. The
paint scheme on the custom F750 matches the paint scheme on the
fiberglass 5th wheel and the graphics match where it mates. It's really
beautiful. It should come with a set of slaves and a professionally-
suited bus driver for that much money.

I drove it through Mt Pleasant, SC, and even those damned Hummer 3
drivers get the hell out of its way as you look DOWN on them from
above....(c;] At 60mph, I think we just cleared 1200 RPM! A million
miles before overhaul should be easy!

Don't ask what mileage it gets. My guess is the same as the matching
American LaFrance 8V92TA-powered hook and ladder fire truck on a similar
chassis but with much less fancy crew cab.... Also, Dan's hauler
doesn't have a siren....at least that I've found, yet. I think the
OnStar has a direct line to Blackwater HQ for security.

--
Global Warming and Creationism are to science what storks are to
obstetrics...

Larry