morabuffalo
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To be Continued...
We had a couple of very good days in Dallas, while one of my sons drove the newer truck down with my own designed, but never tested tow bar...well part of it was my design.
We picked up the truck near San Antonio...I was expecting to drive all the way back towing the 48 at about 50 -55 miles an hour. I had seen other vehicles being pulled and they can get squirly(?). Anyway, part of this bar had just been finished, and again, never tested. We took all safety measures...we had about 800 miles to drive! Even extra heavy chains.
Well, we made it out of the hills and on to I-10...it was so solid...that we drove all the way at 70+. It shocked me completly! My sons could not believe how well it performed towing...and now...are beefing up their more modern frontends on their trucks! The old guy knew something.
The basic parts of it...an old junky bumper(did not know if it would bend the other), a heavy bar bolted on that bumper at the center three bolts, plenty of extra chains, and emergency trailer lights(which turns out were wired backwards). Before we hit the road we tested sharp turns and circles, while I sat in back to see what would happen. Everything look great! Left the steering wheel free because we did not know if to chain down, bungee, or free. That's what the sharpe turns and testing was all about.
Anyone tow??? Are you supposed to run steering wheel free?
It worked perfectly(I think my son actually took it up to 80+ while I was sleeping...the highway is marked for that. The stuff is heavy and I could not carry all of it all of the time, maybe I will look into carrying the bumper bar and one of those fold up tow bars they sell at the auto store.
At home...head is cracked at least 5 of the 6 exhaust valves. Still waiting to see if the machine shops have a head #3835913. Any suggestions as to what to check on the block?
Laters, rod
We had a couple of very good days in Dallas, while one of my sons drove the newer truck down with my own designed, but never tested tow bar...well part of it was my design.
We picked up the truck near San Antonio...I was expecting to drive all the way back towing the 48 at about 50 -55 miles an hour. I had seen other vehicles being pulled and they can get squirly(?). Anyway, part of this bar had just been finished, and again, never tested. We took all safety measures...we had about 800 miles to drive! Even extra heavy chains.
Well, we made it out of the hills and on to I-10...it was so solid...that we drove all the way at 70+. It shocked me completly! My sons could not believe how well it performed towing...and now...are beefing up their more modern frontends on their trucks! The old guy knew something.
The basic parts of it...an old junky bumper(did not know if it would bend the other), a heavy bar bolted on that bumper at the center three bolts, plenty of extra chains, and emergency trailer lights(which turns out were wired backwards). Before we hit the road we tested sharp turns and circles, while I sat in back to see what would happen. Everything look great! Left the steering wheel free because we did not know if to chain down, bungee, or free. That's what the sharpe turns and testing was all about.
Anyone tow??? Are you supposed to run steering wheel free?
It worked perfectly(I think my son actually took it up to 80+ while I was sleeping...the highway is marked for that. The stuff is heavy and I could not carry all of it all of the time, maybe I will look into carrying the bumper bar and one of those fold up tow bars they sell at the auto store.
At home...head is cracked at least 5 of the 6 exhaust valves. Still waiting to see if the machine shops have a head #3835913. Any suggestions as to what to check on the block?
Laters, rod
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