[Rhodes22-list] Tow vehicles.

[Claude C. Cox]

I was following this action, and it all looked good from the rear.  Claude


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Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 12:20 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Tow vehicles.


> One of the most asked questions on this list concerns tow vehicles. Well,
> last weekend I finally had an opportunity to put mine to the test.
> I have a 98 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup. It came with automatic transmission,
> factory tow package and the V6, 3.9 liter engine. We towed a R22
approximately 70
> miles through eastern Georgia which has some long and fairly steep grades.
The
> boat was on my single axle trailer and it towed perfectly. No fishtailing
and
> it climbed the hills without ever dropping below 50 mph, but the engine
was
> humming. Just to try everything out, I climbed to 75 and we never
experienced
> any problems. Most of the trip was done at 65 mph. My partner was
surprised at
> how well it towed the R22 and didn't think the V8 would have had anything
more
> to offer. The coolant temperature climbed slightly on the grades, but went
> down quickly once we flattened out. We were in no danger of overheating at
any
> time, although the outdoor temperature was around 80 degrees.
> All in all I was very happy with the way everything went. I would
recommend
> this setup as a great tow vehicle. I don't know how it would handle the
really
> steep grades in the Rockies, I think that might be better handled with the
8
> cylinder.
>
> Rummy
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