PowerWagon896
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Road Ruler wrote:PowerWagon896 wrote:
I went over to Airforums, registered & sent a PM yo Andrew T.
I want to reatin the hidden feature, maybe he can cook something up.
In the mean time I'll see how the Mopar Hitch does.
Good move PW. No doubt Mt T. will have an interest in your cool combo and will have some tips.
I like the idea of the hidden hitch. Years ago I had a grocery getter 1977 Granada sport coupe. I built a 2" receiver that was located behind the licence plate. The licence plate was hinged at the bottom and was spring loaded in its normal position. To use the receiver I simply tilted the plate down in the horizontal position and inserted the draw bar. Worked great.
I got a reply to my PM over on Airforums from "Mr T".
He said that the hidden receiver could be easily modified to withstand 800-1000# spring bars.
I will probably wait for the off season if the present setup will suffice for the time being.
I understand what he proposed & I like the simple yet effective modification he has suggested..
BTW: I found a better picture of my old rig.
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Road Ruler
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PowerWagon896 wrote:
I got a reply to my PM over on Airforums from "Mr T".
He said that the hidden receiver could be easily modified to withstand 800-1000# spring bars.
I will probably wait for the off season if the present setup will suffice for the time being.
I understand what he proposed & I like the simple yet effective modification he has suggested..
BTW: I found a better picture of my old rig.
Hey that sounds great. It is common for them to beef up factory or weak units.
Also, I just got back from picking up our TT and noticed going the other way on the highway a newish Impala towing a trailer similar to yours. Wondering if it was a six or is there an V8 option in them now???
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lesmore49
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Road Ruler wrote:PowerWagon896 wrote:
I got a reply to my PM over on Airforums from "Mr T".
He said that the hidden receiver could be easily modified to withstand 800-1000# spring bars.
I will probably wait for the off season if the present setup will suffice for the time being.
I understand what he proposed & I like the simple yet effective modification he has suggested..
BTW: I found a better picture of my old rig.
Hey that sounds great. It is common for them to beef up factory or weak units.
Also, I just got back from picking up our TT and noticed going the other way on the highway a newish Impala towing a trailer similar to yours. Wondering if it was a six or is there an V8 option in them now???
New Impala has a couple of 6 cylinders, one being a 3.9 liter V6 that will hit over 140 mph in police trim, (Michigan State Police tests) not civilian (governor limited top speed) trim and the Impala SS has a 5.3 liter V8, with 303 hp and displacement on demand.
Car and Driver tested the 2006 Impala SS with the 5.3 liter V8 and found it capable of these performance figures:
"...there's that 0-to-60 time of 5.6 seconds, the quarter-mile turns in 14.2 seconds at 101 mph, and the ungoverned top speed is 154 mph."
However it is a front wheel drive and IMO, needs to be AWD to handle that kind of power, better.
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PowerWagon896
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lesmore49 wrote:Road Ruler wrote:PowerWagon896 wrote:
I got a reply to my PM over on Airforums from "Mr T".
He said that the hidden receiver could be easily modified to withstand 800-1000# spring bars.
I will probably wait for the off season if the present setup will suffice for the time being.
I understand what he proposed & I like the simple yet effective modification he has suggested..
BTW: I found a better picture of my old rig.
Hey that sounds great. It is common for them to beef up factory or weak units.
Also, I just got back from picking up our TT and noticed going the other way on the highway a newish Impala towing a trailer similar to yours. Wondering if it was a six or is there an V8 option in them now???
New Impala has a couple of 6 cylinders, one being a 3.9 liter V6 that will hit over 140 mph in police trim, (Michigan State Police tests) not civilian (governor limited top speed) trim and the Impala SS has a 5.3 liter V8, with 303 hp and displacement on demand.
Car and Driver tested the 2006 Impala SS with the 5.3 liter V8 and found it capable of these performance figures:
"...there's that 0-to-60 time of 5.6 seconds, the quarter-mile turns in 14.2 seconds at 101 mph, and the ungoverned top speed is 154 mph."
However it is a front wheel drive and IMO, needs to be AWD to handle that kind of power, better.
Yep, I work for General Motors & the reason I am driving 2 Dodges?
1. The Chevy standard cab has no room behind the seat, zero, nada, zilch & I have no use for short bed trucks so the extended cab was out.
2. General motors did not have a viable RWD sedan in 2006.
The Impala is available W/a 5.3 V8, but the FWD application left me cold.
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Road Ruler
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PowerWagon896 wrote:
The Impala is available W/a 5.3 V8, but the FWD application left me cold.
I understand folks have a persomnal preference when it comes to FWD or RWD and that is fine. I have towed with both and really liked the FWD for the following reasons and explanation.
Why FWD makes a good TV.
Also... Saw a cool set up today coming back from our weekend camping trip. It was a Lincoln LS towing a A Liner Expedition. Also a Volvo sedan towing a large POP up. It passed up doing about 70MPH. It pulled in front of us and looked interesting. All you could see was the pop up as the car was lower than the trailer. Must have handled great with the low centre of gravilty.
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8.1 Van
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I towed my 41ft TT up to 80mph with only a 235HP 7.3 PSD Excursion.
FKA PSDExcursion
2002 Chevy Express LS 3500 8.1 155" WB passenger van 3.73 posi (GT4/G80)
41 Ft 2003 Thor Citation 41-ZBSR TT w/ Hensley Arrow
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wildnfree
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Quote:I towed my 41ft TT up to 80mph with only a 235HP 7.3 PSD Excursion
I have also towed my 12,000 pound Gn at over 85 once by mistake passing a slower vehicle, with my 300 HP CTD. I didn't even use all 300.
I know that towing with an underpowered and unstable SUV or truck is not near as good as a more powerful, low and lightweight car, but since we have a large load I guess we just have to do what we can to get by.
I guess one plus is that I don't worry about my non unibody vehicle coming apart from the stress of mile after mile of bump and grind towing my trailer.
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Caddywhompus
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8.1 Van wrote:I towed my 41ft TT up to 80mph with only a 235HP 7.3 PSD Excursion.
You should have your license revoked permanently for such a foolish act.
Now I get to "roll my eyes" at you. 
'04 Ford Freestar (Primary tow vehicle)
'05 Subaru Forester (Backup tow vehicle)
'65 Bethany popup (best popups ever made!)
Looking for a tow vehicle
Minivan towing
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Caddywhompus
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wildnfree wrote:...I don't worry about my non unibody vehicle coming apart from the stress of mile after mile of bump and grind towing my trailer.
Neither do I, it just doesn't happen.
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wildnfree
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Caddywhompus wrote:wildnfree wrote:...I don't worry about my non unibody vehicle coming apart from the stress of mile after mile of bump and grind towing my trailer.
Neither do I, it just doesn't happen.
Yes, those trucks with a real frame are pretty tough.
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