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Subject:Re: Anyone tow a car with their van?
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 17 Jun 2002 21:25:54 -0400
At 08:51 PM 6/17/2002, Kim Brennan wrote:
>weight takes a lot more effort to bring it to a halt. I once experienced
>an oscillation issue (where the trailer wagged the Vanagon). Extremely
>unpleasant, but I think that was only due to an unbalanced load.

Insufficient tongue weight will do that every time.  I met it with a Saab
96 pulling a home-made (read heavy) two-horse open trailer.  Sans horses, I
borrowed it to move.  Scary.  Moving the couch from back to front cured it.

d

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