(ot) WAS i got a car dolly! Now Roc towing

[ats@vwmail.net (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

well I know about 12 people that haul 10 horse goose neck trailers (gw over 20K) on their trucks and every single on of them had what you explain so eloquently.  Oh Yeah They all had the Cummins Diesel Engine. I do beleive all the models where between 96-99 models.. buyt I think we disgress...

I like My ford.. it hauls the rocco on a flat bed at 80MPH and I don;t even feel it being behind me. (yeah this was the rocco content:))


ATS - Patrick Bureau
1985 8v Euro GTX 3A/JH Project
1985 8v Euro GT Project (Daily Drive)
http://www.longcoeur.com/scirocco/
http://www.texassciroccoteam.org/


--- "John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net> wrote:
>Heh...  is that so?   Must be why my truck had a quarter million miles on
>it, almost ALL of those towing, with a bone stock auto tranny and slightly
>upgraded engine.  A few people on this list can testify to the fact that I
>was not gentle on it either   ;)
>
>From what I have read on the diesel forums, the "weak spot" is the lockup
>clutch in the torque converter, I've never heard of any kind of self
>machining syndrome.  For the record, I finally "killed" my tranny around
>255k miles by brake-torquing it next to a Ford Powdersmoke at a light and
>burned the forward clutches together...   drove it another 3000 miles that
>way....   neutral was the same as drive...  and couldn't use reverse
>anymore.  Oh yeah, still beat the Ford to the next light!
>
>John - http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/dualieburnout.jpg - I didn't do that
>one, but have done some similar
>
>
>
>> just don't get a dodge 3500 with autromatic, they have a fault (SMS) after
>50K
>>
>>
>> ATS - Patrick Bureau
>> 1985 8v Euro GTX 3A/JH Project
>> 1985 8v Euro GT Project (Daily Drive)
>> http://www.longcoeur.com/scirocco/
>> http://www.texassciroccoteam.org/
>>
>>
>> --- "John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net> wrote:
>> >Damn straight!!
>> >
>> >John - http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/dodge1.jpg
>> >
>> >
>> >> What you need Al, if you are going to tow seriously, is a
>> >> truck.  Preferably Dodge Diesel
>> >> 4x4, just not one of the brand new ones because they're ugly- Oh that's
>my
>> >> preference for
>> >> a tow truck. :)
>> >>
>> >> John
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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