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towing well beyond capacity for short distances
Can a 4 cylinder car tow a mini-van perhaps an 1/8th of a mile, partly w/a small incline? W/o detrimental effects to the tranny and/or engine? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but inquiring minds would like to know! TIA
Can you know somehow in real time that what you're doing is BAD? A tranny can cause an engine to overheat, I've seen it happen years ago when attempting to tow a small trailer with dad's '84 Grand Prix (Granted that transmission may have had something wrong with it, but not so that it didn't take me back from Daytona Beach to Long Island, w/o the trailer). I can't remember the exact distances, but it was fairly short, maybe a mile or 2, maybe less. And what I'm contemplating doing involves a sturdy rope! And in actuality beyond maybe 4-500 feet it's a negative incline. |
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On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 5:54:55 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> Can a 4 cylinder car tow a mini-van perhaps an 1/8th of a mile, partly w/a small incline? W/o detrimental effects to the tranny and/or engine? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but inquiring minds would like to know! TIA > > Can you know somehow in real time that what you're doing is BAD? A tranny can cause an engine to overheat, I've seen it happen years ago when attempting to tow a small trailer with dad's '84 Grand Prix (Granted that transmission may have had something wrong with it, but not so that it didn't take me back from Daytona Beach to Long Island, w/o the trailer). I can't remember the exact distances, but it was fairly short, maybe a mile or 2, maybe less. And what I'm contemplating doing involves a sturdy rope! And in actuality beyond maybe 4-500 feet it's a negative incline. No guts, no glory! Just take it nice and easy and you'll be fine. |
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You said "with a rope" back in the old days when my dad did that, he would also tie an old used tire to the bumper to act as a cushion for the inevitable bumper bonking when you stop. That is, tire only, no steel wheel.
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On 12/15/2015 10:15 PM, >>>Ashton Crusher wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:48:21 -0800 (PST), > wrote: > >>You said "with a rope" back in the old days when my dad did that, he would also tie an old used tire to the bumper to act as a cushion for the inevitable bumper bonking when you stop. That is, tire only, no steel wheel. >> >>Nils K. Hammer > > In the old days that tire would not mess up the hard shiny chrome > bumpers. I'd hate to sandwich a tire between two modern cars plastic > bumpers or the paper thin metal bumpers on the front of trucks. We pushed my dead 1978 Caddy from Victorville to Pasadena on I-15/210and then out to the wrecker in El Monte with a tire tied to the front of our 1968 Dodge van. Push it up to 75 or so and release, move up at around 35 and give it another push up to 75... It was fun screaming down Cajon Pass at 2:00 am with no lights and brakes only as strong as I could push the pedal. Honest. Metal was metal in those days! -- Cheers, Bev ================================================== ================== "We thought about one of those discount store caskets, but, frankly, we were worried about the quality." -- mortuary commercial |
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