| [GMCnet] Apologies from an Oregonian for the weather headed east [message #311874] |
Fri, 06 January 2017 20:10  |
glwgmc
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Southern Oregon rarely gets very cold or supports more than a dusting of snow once a year. This year has been different. We are sitting here in more than a foot of snow and ice and temps well below freezing for the last several days. My understanding is this winter storm is headed east and will hit those of you in the normally balmy SE in the next day or two. Sorry for that. We tried to keep all that stuff here on the Ecotopia coast for all our global warming friends but it somehow got away.
We hope now that it is out of the barn that it will quickly move east so we can leave for our normal snow bird jaunt to the SW and Mexico. This year we will be towing using an auto trans car and a tow dolly for the first time. I will report how it all works out when we get back with real road experience. The tow car is a Fiat Abarth, a snarly little dude that lives up to its billing - at least as much as I can assess with the limited snowless time I have had driving it. At just 2500 pounds and 144” long it seems ideally suited for a GMC tow car, but It sits so low to the ground on 205-40/17 three season tires that I had to build up the platform on the tow dolly to keep it from scraping on the front member. Unless the snow and ice clear quickly we will be doing most of our shake down cruise stuff while on the road south next week.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
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1978 Royale
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| Re: [GMCnet] Apologies from an Oregonian for the weather headed east [message #311878 is a reply to message #311874] |
Fri, 06 January 2017 21:34  |
Hal StClair
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I've flat towed 4 down for 20 years and wouldn't have even considered any other method. BUT, I recently used a tow dolly to pull a VW wagon from Denver and couldn't believe how well it behaved. I then towed another VW wagon and had the same experience. From my perspective, granted limited, the GMC towed better with the dolly than it did 4 down. And this from a die hard anti dolly guy. This isn't arguing the pros or cons of either method, only the towing dynamics.
Enjoy the Abarth .
Hal
"I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind, except you happen to be insane."
1977 Royale 101348,
1977 Royale 101586, Diesel powered,
1974 Eagle Bus 45',w/slideout,
Rio Rancho, NM
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| Re: [GMCnet] Apologies from an Oregonian for the weather headed east [message #311880 is a reply to message #311874] |
Sat, 07 January 2017 02:51 |
Ken Burton
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Location: Hebron, Indiana
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I would have accepted your apology if you were from Canada. Those Canadians came down here with their cold air before Christmas. We had a low of -17 one night. I thought they all went back home for Christmas because it warmed up and melted off all of the snow.
Now it is back again so those Canadians must have now migrated to Florida for the winter. I hope those snowbirds go home soon so we do not have too long of a winter.
Where is Al Gore when you really need him?
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Apologies from an Oregonian for the weather headed east [message #311882 is a reply to message #311874] |
Sat, 07 January 2017 08:12 |
jhbridges
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Location: Braselton ga
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Well, the Great Storm of 2017 was pretty much a bust here. Cold rain, today chilly and the sun is shining. This morning, a dusting of frost on everything. Pooh.
As to dolly vs no dolly, on the 23' about the same either way. Haven't pulled a dolly behind the 26', but it isn't as sure footed as the 23.
In re the Abarth - nice snarly little toy. Won't come off a light with my Soul Base though. The Koreans got it right.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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