[Shotimes] OT - how not to tow a trailer
David Vaudreuil
davidvaudreuil@hotmail.com
Sat, 01 May 2004 19:32:31 -0400
I've been towing stuff with my 92 for the past 3 years ranging from a smal
trailer to a 18 footer inboard... Ok the last one was alot on the car but it
still did it! I even won a boulvard race against a civic with my tent
trailer behind the SHO! now I got my girlfriend's Pathfinder for my towing
needs... But the SHO can still tow, its just a bit harder on the clutch when
you take off, but if you let the clutch engage well when you shift, I dont
see the problem...
Dave
92 MTX few mods
93 ATX stock
91 MTX with rear drums!!!
94 ATX for parts
----Original Message Follows----
From: Shylo McKinsey <mrfluffy02@yahoo.com>
To: Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net>, TaurusSHO
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - how not to tow a trailer
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:25:16 -0700 (PDT)
Ok, Ok, let me elaborate on why I'll never tow
anything with my SHO.
#1- The engine has 194,000 miles on it. It's already
got some issues. I'm thinking within the next 2 years
I'm going to have to look into something different.
Whether I try to rebuild it or get a replacement
engine (one reason why I really wanted that rolled
SHO).
#2- My transmission is original. I don't have the
money to fry it (or the clutch) by pulling something.
I don't have the money to replace those things. I make
enough to feed the SHO (gas, oil, and other
preventative stuff) and myself, and thats about it.
#3- I'm not too sure the how my chasis would handle
it. I know you say it holds up just fine, but if
something were to happen, I'm not the mechanic I would
need to be to fix it. Don't really know how to weld
all that good, and, I'm basically learning what I know
about mechanics as things get replaced on this car.
#4- I just think it would look uuuuugly. I've never
seen a SHO pull something, but I've seen enough cars
around pulling things, and it just looks wrong. My
opinion I guess...
Maybe I'm babying the car too much, but I can't afford
to lose it. I don't really punch it anymore, either. I
think it may have gotten above 5000 rpm three times in
the month of April. I need that car to last a while,
or at least till I have a job that can let me drive it
like it should be driven, not like the SLO most people
take it to be....
Sorry for the rant...
Shylo McKinsey
'91 White MTX
--- Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
> Shylo,
>
> It is all in WHAT you tow, and how you do it.
>
> my '89 had a hitch from it's first owner. The car
> never
> towed anything till I had it though in 1991. I tow
> a small
> box trailer (been to a convention lately?) that I
> have had
> at the last few conventions. IT weighs maybe 350
> pounds and
> total load is at or under 1000 pounds.
>
> I have towed this trailer with my '89 many times,
> and with
> my '96 (added a tranny cooler to the 96) with zero
> problems.
> The hitch on the '89 is a typical "bumper" hitch
> that
> bolts to two places on the body and to the bumper
> supports.
> The hitch for the '96 is a hidden receiver type
> that means
> you can remove the ball mount for a cleaner look
> when not
> towing.
>
> I am positive that neither car is not hurt at all
> for the
> towing. Now if I tried to tow a 4000 pound load,
> then I
> would be having problems.
>
> I have towed loads up to 10,000 pounds with the
> proper
> vehicles for the past 35 years or so. I like
> towing, maybe
> I have a desire to be a truck driver?
>
> The reason I tow the trailer with the SHO? For
> conventions
> I need to haul all the trophies, shirts, computer,
> portable
> office, plus sometimes my race tires, tools and
> other stuff.
> If I put that in the car I would be on the spring
> bumpers
> and be doing real damage to the suspension.
>
> With the trailer, I have about 60 pounds on the
> hitch and
> the car is empty except for me and my wife. Car
> rides
> level, springs don't get smashed, struts don't get a
>
> work-out. Trailer tires/springs take almost all of
> the load.
>
> Don Mallinson
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