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Captain Nick 
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 Topic: Pics of your tow vehicle?Posted: December-07-2013 at 10:15pm |
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How do you like your tow vehicle? I however don't own a tow vehicle. I own a 09 Chevy HHR.
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Live life to the fullest!
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P71_CrownVic
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Posted: December-07-2013 at 10:20pm |
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I love my new tow vehicle. My Silverado was a fantastic truck with tons of options, but the Ram is great in the power department. Tows my baby much better:
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: December-07-2013 at 11:17pm |
Nick, Have you ever utilized a on site or off site search? There are several great threads on the subject! |
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Captain Nick
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Posted: December-07-2013 at 11:39pm |
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Alright thanks there Pete I haven't thought about that.
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62 wood
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Posted: December-07-2013 at 11:40pm |
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Good ol 96 1/2 ton Chevy Silverado 4x4 is what we use to pull the toys.
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 2:38am |
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Steve....That is one fine looking boat you have there!! Truck ain't bad either...for a Chebby
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 3:07am |
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06 4R V8. Bought brand new. It's been a great rig but to be honest I have been thinking about getting a "real" truck, maybe something with a diesel. When loaded with luggage and gear it gets tight with a family of 4. This has been an amazing vehicle, though, so we might just stick with it.
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2000 SN GT40 w/99 Graphics/Gel
2016 SN 200 OB 5.3L DI https://forum.fifteenoff.com |
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 4:10am |
Thanks Dave! We love the SN. The "tow truck" aint as classy as you old tow girl!... or for that matter my old 72, but a heck of a lot smoother riding!  We originally only had the 72 to pull the boat.  Pam didnt like riding 4 or 5 hours in the 72 with its 3/4 ton springs, so, thats when we bought the 96. We bought the Silverado about 8 yers ago and only use it a few times a year. It had 70,000+ some odd miles on the clock at the time. I think it just turned 106,000 on the last "outing". Pam actually likes the ride of the Silverado better than her Montana. I like the fact the 96 was ordered with factory tow package, 3:73 gears and a posi, pretty rare for a half ton. She gets around 15 mpg pulling the SN... not too bad for an old beater.  . |
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 6:06am |
The new Ram with the diesel is extremely impressive as is the MPGs. The Ram is truly the best truck on the road today and the diesel only makes it better. And the 2015 Colorado is said to have a diesel as well. Slightly smaller than the Ram's 3.0, but in a smaller package. |
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 8:16am |
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2013 Nissan Frontier Desert Runner V6.
Wifey wanted a truck, so we picked up the truck in June. Then she said let's get a boat and 1 week later, this was in our driveway: 
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'92 Correctcraft Ski Nautique
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 10:13am |
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That '72 is a beauty! Here is our 99 Suburban, 4 wheel drive, and "Limo'd" out inside. Flat screen tv, dual air, dual radio's, headsets, accented lighting on headliner and side rails, leather captains chairs with rear bench. Seating for 82. Haha. Oh, great on gas, NOT!
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 12:07pm |
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2004 Chevy Tahoe 4x2 with 205K miles.
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Captain Nick
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 12:08pm |
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Wow what a variety of tow vehicle we have here.
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 12:37pm |
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All those heavy pick ups and SUV's...
 To counter that, here's mine  And both boat and car have the necessary stickers on them...   |
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- Gun control means: using BOTH hands!
- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 12:45pm |
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'07 Ford Explorer Ltd V6 w tow package...would probably prefer larger but we only tow to and from service as boat stays on lift.
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 12:54pm |
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1997 Ford F350, crew cab, dually with 7.3 PowerStroke
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 1:11pm |
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I've had my 2006 Durango Limited for about 60,000 miles with no major problems and have no intentions of selling other than the need for a truck bed sometime in the near future. It just rolled over 140,000 still looks pretty good and show no signs of slowing down.
  Although the Durango is great for road trips, my old man's Camaro get a few more looks going down the road with or without the boat in tow.  Steve, did you forget about your "other" tow vehicle? 
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 1:36pm |
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My 2000 4x4 Durango get's most of the towing duties these days cause it does a better job than the 86 with a 350 but I will use 'Melly' on occassions to pull 'Miss Scarlett' for old nostagia sake. Yes, that's a Bowtie pulling an Oval!
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"Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman"
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 1:47pm |
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This is the 2nd best tow rig out there second to my own and it's Nautiquehunters 'Calendar Girl' rig shown here.....
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"Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman"
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 1:49pm |
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Like Kristof, now that I have a world class boat I can't tow with just any tool in the box.Don--This just happens
to be "The Official Tow Car of Cypress Gardens" for 2000 
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 1:49pm |
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2000 Suburban pulls my 93 Sport very well.
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 2:51pm |
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[QUOTE=storm34]
QUOTE] Me like!! And Melly looks damn good in combo with Miss Scarlet! |
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- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 4:55pm |
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Not as interesting as all your 4x4's
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 5:20pm |
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Front wheel drive to pull a boat?
How does that work for you? Had an Audi A6, but it was only allowed to pull 1400kg. So not enough. And it was hell at the ramp... But all of that aside. Nice looking A4! |
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- Gun control means: using BOTH hands!
- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 5:26pm |
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Its fine.
I also use it to tow a large double-axle trailer for my track bikes. |
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 6:37pm |
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 6:45pm |
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Here's mine, yesterday was the annual griswold Christmas tree trip.
Not as impressive as most the others on this thread but it's good fun in the mud/snow!!   |
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'82 Ski Tique
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 7:58pm |
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Wow! An E60 (edit- E61 technically), an Audi Avant, Town Car, Camaro, and a Disco! What cool tow vehicles! I should put hitch on the M5 :p
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 8:13pm |
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uhhhh, Graham, you realize your on the wrong side of the road?!?
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Posted: December-08-2013 at 10:38pm |
 I put 6200 miles on my RAV4 pulling an 18' Century last year. Here it is pulling the 2-axle trailer that came with the '72 Skier purchased in 2013. I prefer single-axle trailers, so had one built late fall. The RAV4 performs well, great gas mileage, its AWD has kicked in only twice on many, many ramps. Trailer |
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