Thanks to everyone for their quick responses to my
towing question. By the time I left here yestarday
morning the consensus was for rear wheel towing, which
is what I did. No real problems encountered, though
on rough roads I did get a little swaying even with
cross tied wheel, pretty imobile. This could be
controlled easily by slowing down a bit, and on smooth
surfaces (the interstate for example) I could drive 60
mph without any problems.
The reason I did not rent the trailer was a decision
on total weight. I was towing with a Nissan Frontier
with the 2.4L 4. A bit of a strain, but it worked. I
thought the trailer may be pushing things a bit. I
have previously used the trailer with my old '64 Chevy
283 PU and it was phenominal. The Chevy is down right
now.
Anyway, thanks again. All is well, and Christine is
back home for repair on my schedule, not hers.
Mike Harper
'66 1600
Charleston SC
--- Edgar Gonzalez <spl212@home.com> wrote:
> U-Haul has a nice auto transport that will save you
> a lot of headaches.
>
> Edgar
> www.spl212.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "roadster" <roadster@rcn.com>
> To: "Diana Wilson" <goldenmaia@onebox.com>;
> <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 12:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Drop the Driveshaft??
>
>
> > The 2000 is easier to deal with towing it in the
> normal position. Jack up
> > the rear on jackstands, and remove the bolts and
> nuts behind the U-joint
> at
> > the rear of the driveshaft. A 5-minute job. Then
> pull out the driveshaft
> and
> > toss it in back of the seats. The 2000 has a
> two-piece splined driveshaft,
> > the small piece in front stays bolted on the trans
> tailshaft. So no gear
> oil
> > drips as with the 1600/4-speed setup. You can then
> tow normally with the
> > rear wheels firmly on the ground and know your
> tranny is safe.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Diana Wilson" <goldenmaia@onebox.com>
> > To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 11:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: Drop the Driveshaft??
> >
> >
> > > Welp...
> > >
> > > We're towing Lil' Red to the 'spa' on Sunday for
> work and we're using
> > > the 2 Wheel Dolly. We were recomended to just
> set it up as normal with
> > > the two front wheels on the Dolly, put it in
> neutral and just go.
> > Apparently
> > > with the standard transmition there's not the
> same worries as with an
> > > automatic. (And we're 'only' going 100 miles or
> so too). It was warned
> > > that putting the car with the back wheels up on
> the tow dolly wouldn't
> > > be good because the car would be more likely to
> be unstable with the
> > > car in a less aerodynamic position. (Bad on the
> gas too even if it
> doesn't
> > > sweve around)
> > >
> > > -D-
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