At 07:11 PM 2/24/96 -0900, you wrote:
>>>& The V8 is none too large for this task. Pulling into a strong headwind or
>>>& uphill I have to drop out of overdrive. On the level or with no wind or a
>>>& tailwind, overdrive is fine at 70 mph. But my trailer is about 2,000 lbs.
>>>& max. However, I believe that WIND is more important to loading the engine
>>>& than trailer WEIGHT. I plan to tow two bikes to Tucson in December, which
>>>
>>>Overdrive was never intended for heavy towing, it is for economy when
>>>cruising "empty". I don't consider having to drop out of overdrive
>>>to mean the V8 is marginal.
>
>I have seen a warning sticker on a vehicle stating that Overdrive should be
locked out when Towing, I think it was on a Jeep Cherokee, but I may be
mistaken. I guess this does make sense, keeps the trans from shifting in and
out of O/D all the time.
>
>Mark Herrick,
If memory serves correct, it states in the manual that overdrive should be
locked out for towing, and my camper mfr. recommends not going over 55 mph.
:( My pop-up weighs 1800 lbs. and with all my associated crap that I haul
to make my camping experiences more "civilized" (yes, I'm a Bozo Camper!), I
have yet to experience any serious lack of performance, considering the
load. The V-8 works much better than my old S-10 w/2.8 V-6.
Just my $.02.
-Buddy
________________________________________________________________
Harold W. Borders (Buddy)
& Amy E. Laub
Buddy: Instrumentation Specialist
U of PA, Physics Department
209 South 33rd Street, Phila., PA 19104
(215) 898-8591, work phone, VoiceMail
Job: http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/~www/shop/
Hobby: http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/~www/shop/darn.html
Amy: President, Philadelphia Calligraphers' Society
(610) 975-5210, business phone, VoiceMail
_________________________________________________________________
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:07:20 EDT