Towing with a 5-speed?
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Towing with a 5-speed?
I was wondering can you tow a car with a 5 speed truck ...like flatbed trailor and car ...or would it just burn up the clutch extremely fast? or is there some sort of technique you need to do ..does anyone know from experience? ...my boy has a 90 jeep cheeokie 5 speed and is thinking baout using it for a tow car ...but i thought towing a car would burn up the clutch alot faster than normal ...any input would be appriciated ...
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Re: Towing with a 5-speed? (Big_Mike)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Big_Mike »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">most trucks that people tow with are manuals</TD></TR></TABLE>i didnt knw that ...because i always hear about people talking about towing with automatics ...but cool thanks ill let him know ...
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Re: Towing with a 5-speed? (Adam F)
I towed my friends turbo civic that wasn't running with my turbo civic that was with a 6 puck clutch about 10 miles with a rope 
That was a fun experience... But she's still running strong. The turbo helped SOOOO much, it spooled nice and low under the massive load and pulled that biotch up all the hills
...but yeah... most semi trucks are manual... like 18 speed, but still
That was a fun experience... But she's still running strong. The turbo helped SOOOO much, it spooled nice and low under the massive load and pulled that biotch up all the hills
...but yeah... most semi trucks are manual... like 18 speed, but still
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Re: Towing with a 5-speed? (Adam F)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vtecb20coupe »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'm sure it puts strain on the tranny/clutch but that's why you shouldn't attempt to tow anything beyond the vehicle's capacity.</TD></TR></TABLE>thats very true also ...where could you go to find out what the vehical towing capcity is ...the owners manual i know prob would have ...but is there somewhere online ?
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Adam F »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">We use an automatic, and it works great. I don't know if you would want to tow with a Jeep however. How is the suspension set up?</TD></TR></TABLE>stock ...but its all new he got new shocks and springs put in a little while after he bought it ...
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Adam F »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">We use an automatic, and it works great. I don't know if you would want to tow with a Jeep however. How is the suspension set up?</TD></TR></TABLE>stock ...but its all new he got new shocks and springs put in a little while after he bought it ...
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