<VV> Towing a 4 speed

[D. Barry Ellison]

Bill et al, 
 
We were really talking about damage to tranny/diff combos... but...
 
My max safe speed w/ever so slight oscillation is 65 or so... depends a lot on the weight and/or length of the towing vehicle based on my experience.  
 
My current combo is a Dodge Quad Cab Diesel 2500, usually with slide-in camper, i.e. lots of weight.  With tow-dolley and rear end up I have no problems up to 65.  I would not know above that.  Just seems "unsafe at any speed (above 65)"
 
The Durango we used to have?  60 was the absolute max... and then the right bump/curve would set it off.  What a horrid drive to BeaveRun that was from SC!!
 
The old 32' RV we had, was probably run 60-65 w/ease (again, dolley and rear-end-up)  Speedo sucked on that thing.  Never knew how fast I was really going.Barry > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:22:43 -0400> From: corvair at fnader.com> To: bars84crx at hotmail.com> CC: virtualvairs at corvair.org> Subject: Re: <VV> Towing a 4 speed> > I have used a dolly several times and each and every time (whether > towing forwards or backwards) I've experienced a dangerous oscillation > above 50-55mph. 100% of the time. With different brands of dollies and > different tow vehicles. And every time I've been helping someone tow > with a dolly they have always had the same issues.... following one I > could tell our speed by looking at the sway of the car instead of my speedo.> > I've always wondered what is being done differently by all those folks > who report troublefree dolly towing.> > In any case, I much much prefer trailer towing, but would flat tow (PG > or manual) before I'd ever use a dolly again.> > Bill> > > > > > >> _______________________________________________> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights are the property> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, mailto:vv-help at corvair.org> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, http://www.corvair.org/> Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org> Change your options: http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs > _______________________________________________