I appreciate your response. Although you pulled a 19' 5-W, it may be
fairly comparable with my 25' 5-W, since mine is only 7' wide (yours was
probably 8' wide), and mine has a very aerodynamic front end (see
www.shadowcruisher.com). I'm anxious to hit the road. Happy trails . . .
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> From: John Neff <jndneff@flash.net>
> To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota@ait.fredonia.edu>
> Subject: Re:Trailer Pulling
> Date: Monday, August 18, 1997 10:19 PM
>
> Dick,
> Although the truck is not mine, I have used my Grandfathers '92 Dak 5.2
> auto CC to pull a 19' fifth wheel 300 miles at a time to the Corpus
> Christi coast here in Texas and it was in no way overburdened. I give
> you as an example, our return trip last November. There is a bridge
> crossing the channel going from the island to the main land, and back ;
> ) . It is fairly steep (I do not know the grade) and we took it from a
> dead stand still at the very base. I have seen passenger cars drop into
> passing gear, or slow down considerabley when climbing this bridge. I
> punched the accelerator, but was not quite floored, the exhaust note
> sounded like a big block pulling a fully loaded rig. The truck climbed
> the bridge like it was on fire and by the time we hit the crest, we were
> doing 65 and still accelerating. My wife smiled as we hit the top and
> said she wished that our cars could do that. That truck is 100% stock
> including the tires. I do not feel that you we be hurting from towing
> performance in any way.
>
> John Neff
> future '98 R/T owner. If CC gets off their chair.
>
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