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Old March 1st 07, 03:40 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Suburban as a tow vehicle?

On Mar 1, 10:30 am, "mattm" wrote:
Heck, I do fine with an old '95 Toyota Pickup with the 2.4L. I put a
cap on the back so I have room for stuff out of the weather, plus I
get much better mileage that way. I get 30mpg in normal driving, and
got something like 20-25mpg dragging a trailer last year. It is a
little slow on long uphills, though.

It seems to me that Charlie usually tows with big vans, from what he's
said. I do have a minivan, but I've heard too many horror stories
about transmission failures to tow with it at this point (130K miles).


I get by pretty well using my 99 Olds Alero with a 6 cylinder engine.
I only push it to about 55 though as Ive got a big ole Gehrlein
trailer that is draggy as hell. Its way too much trailer for my
glider but oh well its what I've got. I think a suburban will work
fine.

 




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