[Vwdiesel] Towing Experience -- ( you have them ? let us in onthem? )

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Sandy:

With only 45 HP, that little boat would have made little more than 400 lbs. thrust (cool enough for a density altitude well below sea level), so max power would have been nice (boat empty weight only 375 lbs - it was a collapsible/portable/flyable model).

Next time I do something like this, I will have to take you along, because firing up the airboat BEFORE the big hill would probably have made it possible.  Surprised I never thought of that.

Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy Cameron <scameron at compmore.net>
Date: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:58 am
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Towing Experience -- ( you have them ? let us	in onthem? )

> At 06:47 PM 13/01/05 -0600, you wrote:
> 
> All was well until I ran itno one hill that was just more than a 
> bunny and
> a boat could possibly do in 2 WD, and I ran out of steam and 
> traction about
> 80% of the way up.  Anyone who has driven in extreme conditions 
> knows what
> happens next - gravity takes it back down - except now I have a 
> brand new
> boat and no visibility to contend with.
> 
> At that point, or at the bottom of the hill before you started to 
> climb, you
> set the parking brake, start up the airboat and set it about half 
> throttle,or to where it is trying to push the car, jump in and go 
> for it, remembering
> to slow as you crest the hill, so you can get stopped and shut her 
> off, or
> just leave her running until you get to destination.
> 
> Think of the story that would have made.
> 
> Sandy 
> 
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