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Old 08-09-2003, 10:52 PM   #7 (permalink)
Benz4Dirt&Sky
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Re: Well if you find a seriously tall hill, you can always try low range? Donner Summit a

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Donner Summit at 80MPH towing a boat?
Just to be clear...

It would have blown the car up to maintain that speed. It was reving to 6000 rpm or something like that.

As I said, my boat and trailer are 2000 pounds, or so.

Based on that, I can't imagine towing something that weighs 5000 pounds.





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