ah. How do you keep trans fluid cool, or is that necessary?
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ah. How do you keep trans fluid cool, or is that necessary?
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
I know some need an auxiliary electric transmission pump installed , or a driveshaft disconnect, and even some manuals can't be flat towed, but I just needed to put my transfer case into neutral with the trans in park. Piece of cake for me.
My Jeep has a "tow" switch that turns off the transfer case and the front and rear differentials.
Which is why they are so popular as a toad behind RVs. Setting up a toad with a trans pump is expensive and the pieces are specific enough you may not get to recycle it to the next toad vehicle. The old bumper hitches for flat towing are all but extinct, so your setup also requires that a specialty one is adapted to your vehicle.
Sorry, didn't intend a vocabulary lesson. I like the trailer so much because it protects the vehicle and lets you bring something that hasn't been modified. It would be a dream, if you were to road trip your classic RV bus to have your other classic in the trailer behind her.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Will and Ellie got it right.
Tow the trailer with the classic.
Amazing how an American car could pull a huge AirStream and now you "need" (cough cough) a Diesel SuperDuty F450 4x4 megacab long bed dually with dual Banks turbos.
No wonder radical Muslims believe we are Satan.
Tow the trailer with the classic.
Amazing how an American car could pull a huge AirStream and now you "need" (cough cough) a Diesel SuperDuty F450 4x4 megacab long bed dually with dual Banks turbos.
No wonder radical Muslims believe we are Satan.
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I had a '95 Crown Vic with V8, trailer towing package, air suspension with auto leveling. If I remember correctly it was rated for a trailer weight of about 1,500lbs. I towed a 4x8 trailer loaded with the steel panels of a garden shed from Edmonton to Calgary and the car was really sucking wind by the time I got to Calgary. No power, sucked fuel like crazy and the transmission started to overheat.
In Sept 1974 I drove the Fury, fully loaded with stuff my wife wouldn't let the movers touch, from Mississauga to Calgary. This was a push through trip, left Mississauga 6am on a Saturday morning and ate Sunday dinner at 7pm Sunday in Calgary. Two weeks later I bought a 308 Winchester and took the Fury into the foothills to hunt moose. Beginners luck, I got a nice bull which field dressed out to about 1,200lbs. This went in the Fury trunk. To return to Calgary I had to follow a 4x4 trail and do a river crossing. Made it back to Calgary without any problems.
Towing anything with a modern car is simply a joke. Towing with one of our classics is a piece of cake.
In Sept 1974 I drove the Fury, fully loaded with stuff my wife wouldn't let the movers touch, from Mississauga to Calgary. This was a push through trip, left Mississauga 6am on a Saturday morning and ate Sunday dinner at 7pm Sunday in Calgary. Two weeks later I bought a 308 Winchester and took the Fury into the foothills to hunt moose. Beginners luck, I got a nice bull which field dressed out to about 1,200lbs. This went in the Fury trunk. To return to Calgary I had to follow a 4x4 trail and do a river crossing. Made it back to Calgary without any problems.
Towing anything with a modern car is simply a joke. Towing with one of our classics is a piece of cake.
Here is a trailer I used to haul with my '68 318 Fury, was great except under powered going up big hills and scary drum brakes going down. On the '70 Fury it towed like it wasn't there, the 440 ate hills and the disc brakes kept everything together on the down hill runs.
yup, this photo is in the heavy hauler thread commando1 started. nice setup!
What in the world?!?.
Even IF I had the lettuce ... shakin' my head here. Little too funny looking .. my apologizes to anybody who likes it.
guess its all "relative" -- $3Mil can be fished outta the couch cushions in some households while they're lookin for the remote for the 100" Ultra HD 4K TV
![3M-RV-1[2].jpg](https://forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-forum/attachments/3m-rv-1-2-jpg.77241/ "3M-RV-1[2].jpg")
![3M-RV-2[2].jpg](https://forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-forum/attachments/3m-rv-2-2-jpg.77242/ "3M-RV-2[2].jpg")
![3M-RV-6[2].jpg](https://forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-forum/attachments/3m-rv-6-2-jpg.77243/ "3M-RV-6[2].jpg")
![3M-RV-7[2].jpg](https://forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-forum/attachments/3m-rv-7-2-jpg.77244/ "3M-RV-7[2].jpg")
![3M-RV-8[2].jpg](https://forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-forum/attachments/3m-rv-8-2-jpg.77245/ "3M-RV-8[2].jpg")
Even IF I had the lettuce ... shakin' my head here. Little too funny looking .. my apologizes to anybody who likes it.
guess its all "relative" -- $3Mil can be fished outta the couch cushions in some households while they're lookin for the remote for the 100" Ultra HD 4K TV
Ok...
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
That first one, no. This I might consider.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
What's with the Swatch on the front of that?
I still have (some) thoughts of selling my house once I retire for good and getting one of those and hauling the NYB behind it and nomad around North America.
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Needs a bigger "garage"!
dunno man... all i can say is "that's a face made for radio".
digressing ... thinking of what front end of that yacht/bus reminded me of .. one my favorite John Voight movies. the train AFTER the lead engine got wrecked.
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Showhauler Unit #1519 2016 Volvo Motorhome w/ Garage - Showhauler Motorhome Conversions
Oh my... The Credo E-Bone. Fuel Cell powered. Why a bug?
The future awaits .. maybe my great grand kids will be pining away for one of these converted to an RV 80 years after my Scenicruiser (and my ashes) are recycled.
The future awaits .. maybe my great grand kids will be pining away for one of these converted to an RV 80 years after my Scenicruiser (and my ashes) are recycled.
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