"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:39:16 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:06:10 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Butch Davis wrote:
What the heck, give it try. Worst case is it won't work and you'll be
out
the ccost of te hitch.... unless you can put it to use towing a small
utility trailer full of leaves.

Butch
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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Jim, wrote:
I have a 23' Chapperalle. and double axle trailer (total weight est
5000
pounds.) I'd like to tow it up a ramp and into a storage yard then
launch once/year. Ramp is about 20% and maybe 20' long, the yard is
less
than 100 yards away.

My vehicle is a Chevy Malibu with a wheezy 4, and the trailer has an
electric winch.

Think if I stayed in Low, and went slow I could do it?
I would look for a friend with a pick up truck or rent a pickup truck
twice a year.

I would be concerned about damage to the transmission, even if towing a
short distance. As Eisboch pointed out, if the tow bar is not attached
to the frame, you can end up ripping the tow bar off the car. A Malibu
4 banger is not built to tow 5000 lbs.

Yeah, but it will make for one hell of a story. :)

The best stories are always expensive mistakes.

Tell me about it...

Did I ever tell you... :)
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Funniest towing incident I ever saw, happened at least 40 years ago. I am
towing my race car back from Cotati Raceway, and next to US 101 in Marin
county is the CHP talking to some poor guy. He has one of those old clamp
to the bumper trailer hitches, and a U-haul trailer that is about 6x10 with
a pipe handrail. The trailer has to have several tons of big moss rocks in
it. It has torn the hitch loose from the bumber, leaving 4 nice slots, and
the hand rail on the trailer has hooked the end of the Armco barrier next to
the road and wrapped the trailer like an old sardine can opening strip.
Would not have been as funny with injuries.