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Mike Bellis
post Oct 4 2014, 08:08 AM
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I need a tow vehicle... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

I sold mine and now have no way to move my trailer... Unless I pull it with the 914... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

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post Oct 4 2014, 08:45 AM
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Here's my tow vehicle being....um.... towed! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)


Holleeee crap! Trying to piece this one together just from the pictures...

Blowout... then rim failed, then drivetrain effectively locked, then leaf spring failed? Lucky the driveshaft didn't dig in and go pole vaulting!


It went like this....Deer runs across the highway, swerve to miss the deer. Clip the guard rail with right rear wheel, wheel explodes & rips the rear end and drive line out the vehicle. I had pins in two broken fingers at the time and grabbed the wheel with broken hand that I had been resting on the counsel. OUCH! I used [b]all of the highway to bring the skidding truck to a stop and was so glad that no one was approaching in the other lane.
*no one was hurt in the filming of this accident including the deer. (It's now hunting season....) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif)
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post Oct 4 2014, 10:19 AM
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QUOTE(altitude411 @ Oct 3 2014, 05:31 PM) *

Here's my tow vehicle being....um.... towed! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

next time just watch um go under,,,
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post Mar 8 2015, 10:20 PM
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Did someone have something to say about a prius? because my prius seems to be up to just about any task I burden it with..


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post Mar 8 2015, 11:37 PM
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My tow vehicle, did the longest pull the other month from SD to Chuckwalla, no issues at all. Used to tow my pre-runner and trailer great too.

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My old tow vehicle, I still miss it from time to time...
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post Mar 9 2015, 04:42 AM
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Did someone have something to say about a prius? because my prius seems to be up to just about any task I burden it with..


Now, that's an interesting pic for us in the Netherlands! Toyota won't allow you to install a tow bar under a Prius, stating that the engine's not up to it... You can get some sort of hook for a bike rack. That's all.

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post Mar 9 2015, 05:47 AM
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For all you Towers out there...

I got a renmetal towbar...first time towed the vehicle, it towed well.

Second time, I could not get the wheels to track, so I tied off the steering wheel. Nothing changed in the 4 days between tows.

Anybody experience this and maybe put some dead load in the front trunk?
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post Mar 9 2015, 07:05 AM
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Here's my tow vehicle. Haven't needed to use it yet but ready and waiting when the day comes. '68 f100. All original. 360 with with floor mounted 4spd with granny. This truck can do anything. Even cruises well. Love it. Do need to put some radials on it though.


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post Mar 9 2015, 07:54 AM
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Wow. Nice clean ford. Those 360s drink the fuel tho.
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post Mar 9 2015, 07:58 AM
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QUOTE(SA-914 @ Mar 9 2015, 04:47 AM) *

For all you Towers out there...

I got a renmetal towbar...first time towed the vehicle, it towed well.

Second time, I could not get the wheels to track, so I tied off the steering wheel. Nothing changed in the 4 days between tows.

Anybody experience this and maybe put some dead load in the front trunk?


Check everything the front of the 914, including the tires. When the alignment's off, or something loose in the front that lets the alignment change, strange things happen. Once it was just unusually wide wheels in front. Sound familiar? Usually it's only at very low speeds and once you get past ten or fifteen miles an hour it stops. Well, it's always stopped for me, but who knows? Fixing the 914's alignment or front suspension also fixes it for towing.


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post Mar 9 2015, 09:08 AM
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My tow truck in the background


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