Re: towing w/lowered truck

From: mike d. (miggitymike@juno.com)
Date: Fri Feb 04 2000 - 21:20:03 EST


tow it? naaaww... drive it down! =)

if it don't run, rent a U-haul and the car trailer thingie, don't abuse
your dak.... You can't really tow it safely, at least at highway speeds.
If you go nice n' slow you may be able to bring it back. I say, get a U
haul or pay the $$$ for a wrecker...

-mike d.

---> Yorktown, Va.
88 Dakota LE: slammed, painted, and PARKED =(

miggitymike@juno.com
http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html

On Thu, 03 Feb 2000 02:16:27 -0600 Mike Schwall <mschwall@flash.net>
writes:
> Should have bought a truck, ohh wait, you did. My bad :)
>
> Mike
>
>
> At 03:01 AM 2/3/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >OK, here goes... I found a car I've been looking for, for quite
> some time
> >now, like over 2 years. Only problem is that it is in NJ, some 700
> miles
> >away. This past summer I lowered my truck with 3" dropped springs
> in the
> >back. Around town I bottom out enough that I know I'll be riding on
> the
> >bumpstops all the way back here. I planned on getting air bags but
> it hasn't
> >happened yet. What I need to know is, is this safe to tow a 3,000
> pound car
> >on a trailer for 700 miles? Should I get a car dolly because it
> would put
> >less weight on the hitch? And that brings me to my next question.
> Anyone
> >recommend a class 3 hitch that bolts up good? Any suggestions?
> Thanks!
> >
> >BTW the car is a '92 Daytona IROC R/T can you say 224 HP 4 cyl??
> LOL
> >
> >Kelly in SC
> >'96 CC 5.2
>
> __________________________
> mschwall@flash.net
>

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