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Re: Not Much Traffic

To: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>,
Subject: Re: Not Much Traffic
From: "Douglas Mitchell" <dmitchel@ford.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:39:31 -0400
On Jun 25,  3:42pm, James wrote:
> Subject: Not Much Traffic
> Has there been Nuclear War or somthing?  What's happened to everyone, we
> need debate on somthing!
>
> Here is a starter, should I put a tow bar onto my Spitifire, so that I
> can tow my Dad's new boat (14' Enterprise) about when he get's it.  And
> so I can put a box trailer on it to take my stuff down to uni in.  Plus
> spares moveing.
>
> Would It be right?
>
> Would it make a rear end shunt less destructive?
>
> --
> James Carpenter
> Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
>-- End of excerpt from James


James,

You better check the weight of the boat and trailer. You could strain
the bejeebers out of your Spit. It can handle a small box trailer, but
if the boat and trailer weigh more than about 250 kg (550 lbs), it
will put you at the top end of the gvw.

Cheers,

Doug Mitchell
dmitchel@ismi.net
dmitchel@ford.com
'73 Spitfire 1500

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