Re: DAk on Wrecker Duty

From: Mike Schwall (mschwall@flash.net)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2000 - 22:32:09 EST


At 07:05 AM 3/24/2000 , you wrote:
>Well, kids, my boss asked me to take his Land Rover on a 2 hour trip to the
>nearest dealer to have a failed starter replaced. Did I mention he wants to
>put it on a dolly? First how much does a Land Rover weigh? Second will a
>dolly be good for his truck? Can we just throw the transfer case in Neutral
>and go? or do we need a full trailer? Third am I pushing the safety factor
>here? I've pulled plenty of stuff, but usually when talking about this much
>and distance, I've used dad's Ram 2500 Cummins. Let me know what y'all
>think.
>
>Mike Johnson

That Land Rover weighs more than your Dak. It weights close to 5000 pounds
- no kidding! Get a bigger truck. If it's automatic, disconnect the drive
shaft, if manual, put it in neutral and the xfer case in neutral.

Mike

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