[Rhodes22-list] Short haul tow vehicle

[Steve Alm]

My tired, old 89 Ply Voyager rust-bucket-peice-of-crap-soccer-mom-van had a
class 2 hitch and it was fine for short trips with the Rhodes.  No
transmission that I know of has a higher fail rate than the old Voyagers, so
long trips and highways were out of the question.  For the big hauls I use
my gas-guzzling, Republicanesque Triton V-8 Ford.  The 13 mpg ought to make
ol' Dubya proud, but that's all I'm doing for him.  8-)
Slim

On 4/24/03 8:10 AM, "bberner at optonline.net" <bberner at optonline.net> wrote:

> 
>  A variation on the oft discussed tow vehicle question.
> 
> 
>  The lease ended on my Grand Cherokee, and we decided that we were
>  doing so little towing that we couldn't justify another polluting gas
>  guzzler.
> 
> 
>  Acting like the typical lefties that we are perceived to be, we have
>  wound up with a Volvo XC-70 wagon (6 cyl AWD. It has a rated towing
>  capacity of 3500#.  I'm putting a hitch on with the intent of just
>  getting the boat 100 yards from the yard to down the ramp, and the
>  reverse at the end of the season.  I'll also use it to get the unladen
>  trailer to and from my house under 10 miles away.
> 
> 
>  I wasn't planning on adding a transmission cooler since it's such a
>  short trip with the boat on the trailer.
> 
> 
>  Seems to me that it should be fine, but I'm having nightmares of the
>  trailer and boat dragging the acr down the ramp.  I wouldn't mind, but
>  the power boat guys would laugh.
> 
> 
>  Anybody have any experience using a class 2 tow vehicle for short
>  runs?  Opinions also welcome.
>  Bill Berner
>  v: 914.478.2896
>  f: 914.478.3856
>  e: BBerner at optonline.net
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