[Vwdiesel] tow tow tow your boat

[James Hansen]

I towed mine home from Colorado behind a biggish truck. 3/4 ton HD 4X4 with
a 6.5 banks turbo'ed longbox GMC.  You didn't know the caddy was there.  If
there are steeps on his journey, forget it.  The tow vehicle needs weight
enough to keep the towed vehicle from driving... a really bad deal when that
happens.   Otherwise if it's fairly flat all the way, the heavier of the two
vehicles would be my choice if it just HAD to be done. The rav4 is kind of
high and has the CG of an egg. The na Jetta is a 45-50 mph tow vehicle.  (I
towed a small boat with a similar car, flat, level ground never got beyond
4th, third if there were too many insects flying that day, and the heat
gauge was your friend.  The rav should have the power, but there's the
suitability of it as a tow vehicle to consider.  Yeah, an F100 would be my
choice too... with a 300 6 cylinder and a 4 speed.
-James
-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
Behalf Of Shalyn Shourds
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:17 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] tow tow tow your boat


I have a friend attempting to tow back a non-running Diesel Caddy from
Alabama to Dallas.  His two options to get it here are: 1986 Jetta NA
Diesel, and a 1997 Toyota RAV4 with a 5 speed and a 2.0 litre engine.
I'm suggesting to him that the Jetta is a poor choice.  Any hope on
either count?  I've been in a Caddy only once and never tried to tow
one.  I'm going to loan him a tow bar because U-haul etc. won't rent him
one because they say he can't do it with those cars.  I don't want to
set him on his way to blowing up his wife's Toyota.  Shame you can't
just go down to Hertz or whomever and rent a Ford F100 cheap.  It'd make
it much easier to tell all these people here in Texas they really don't
need a 3500 Cummins 4X4 ton truck to haul a few potted plants back from
the nursery once a year.

-Shalyn


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