off-roader
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They the guys on TG love those Morris Marina's LOL...
Towing: What's the heaviest thing you've pulled? Have you exceeded max towing cap?
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SoCalMonty
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Back home, safe and sound. It was slow going, but she made it without incident. Actually, there was never the slightest hint of anything getting over normal running temps - despite it being in the 90's and having a messed up rad fan with no fan shroud!
I averaged roughly 50mph both ways all said and done. MPG on the tank to Blythe (towing an empty trailer at 2,200 lbs with about 700 lbs in the truck) was 13.40 mpg. MPG on the way back home (with the truck loaded) was 12.10 mpg (tank filled, mileage divided by gallons used each time). Most of the way back was with O/D turned off, and PWR mode. The longer/bigger climbs between Palm Springs and Blythe saw me going about 41-45mph...close to 3000rpm. I towed with the 33's...the tires on the truck I picked up didn't look trustworthy...plus, the ratchet straps BARELY fit over the 30's. I never would have been able to strap the truck on the trailer had I put my 33's on it!
Twins!!! When I got off the freeway at home just before this picture, we were behind *another* green/beige Gen2 SR!!! I tried to get a pic but my phone wouldn't cooperate.
Doubled up on the trans coolers right before I left yesterday. I will be finding a more permanent way to arrange this setup soon, I'd been meaning to do it for a while. It's just a second OEM cooler plumbed in line.
I averaged roughly 50mph both ways all said and done. MPG on the tank to Blythe (towing an empty trailer at 2,200 lbs with about 700 lbs in the truck) was 13.40 mpg. MPG on the way back home (with the truck loaded) was 12.10 mpg (tank filled, mileage divided by gallons used each time). Most of the way back was with O/D turned off, and PWR mode. The longer/bigger climbs between Palm Springs and Blythe saw me going about 41-45mph...close to 3000rpm. I towed with the 33's...the tires on the truck I picked up didn't look trustworthy...plus, the ratchet straps BARELY fit over the 30's. I never would have been able to strap the truck on the trailer had I put my 33's on it!
Twins!!! When I got off the freeway at home just before this picture, we were behind *another* green/beige Gen2 SR!!! I tried to get a pic but my phone wouldn't cooperate.
Doubled up on the trans coolers right before I left yesterday. I will be finding a more permanent way to arrange this setup soon, I'd been meaning to do it for a while. It's just a second OEM cooler plumbed in line.
jeep-N-montero
Expedition Leader
I read this post title and my first thought was Carlos towing the semi through the snow
Reminds me of the time I towed a Suburban 13 miles with my little 4.0, it's nerve-wracking to say the least when you have a tow strap hooked up to a 7k vehicle with no power brakes.
SoCalMonty
Explorer
Haha...yeah, I recovered an F-350 in the snow in my XJ once. 
rxinhed
Dirt Guy
"http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff112/rxinhed/Snow%20Run%201-08/P1200068.jpg"
Photo by me, yup. Between Carlos, his hydraulic winch and our straps, the Montero pulled the semi forward about 10 feet. This distance was enough to let the driver have a chance to maneuver the truck around and get hauled out several hours later. Snowy closed road and driver who didn't read the signs, gosh.
Video: [video]http://s236.photobucket.com/user/rxinhed/media/Snow%20Run%201-08/P1200070.mp4.html[/video]
Seems so long ago.
Photo by me, yup. Between Carlos, his hydraulic winch and our straps, the Montero pulled the semi forward about 10 feet. This distance was enough to let the driver have a chance to maneuver the truck around and get hauled out several hours later. Snowy closed road and driver who didn't read the signs, gosh.
Video: [video]http://s236.photobucket.com/user/rxinhed/media/Snow%20Run%201-08/P1200070.mp4.html[/video]
Seems so long ago.
off-roader
Expedition Leader
Nice video Russell & great shot of his rig hooked up...
Lloyd Schwartz also pulled an big ford (F250 or 350) that was towing a trailer up an incline because the ford's turbo got munched. I know video of that exists somewhere as well.
Lloyd Schwartz also pulled an big ford (F250 or 350) that was towing a trailer up an incline because the ford's turbo got munched. I know video of that exists somewhere as well.
nckwltn
Explorer
I think the key thing here is the tongue weight... would have been like 40 lbs? basically just the weight of the actual tongue. I also find this shuttle/toyota thing a little misleading. SO you're telling me that they swapped out all of the hydraulically driven wheels for ones that spin freely, just for Toyota? OR, they likely used hydraulic power to get the thing moving, then threw the wheels into neutral, letting the tundra pull the shuttle (likely on a slight decline).
But @SoCalMonty, how did the trip go?
Doorplease
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I may be wrong but I read somewhere that there were legal issues with the vehicle used to move the shuttle crossing the bridge that the Tundra towed it over, and that by use of the tundra was legal?
