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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 04:14 PM
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has anyone tryed to tow with there vette, i what to do to Fl. and take my HD along, can this be done
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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Yep,

Lots of us tow little trailers with race tires on 'em.

Hitch has a 100# tounge weight. So, as long as you keep it around that.
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 09:16 PM
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there was a picture of a yellow C5 putting in a jet ski and the entire car went in the water. anyone have that pic?
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Old Sep 28, 2006 | 11:33 AM
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there was a picture of a yellow C5 putting in a jet ski and the entire car went in the water. anyone have that pic?
Anyone trying to put a watercraft of any kind into the water with a Vette is just asking for that. I spent much of my pre-teen years with my parents and a 26ft Sea Ray, and we had a 4x4 Jeep Cherokee to launch it with.

It seemed that every other weekend we'd have to hitch up and tow someone out that was using some light car with no weight in the back (like, a Vette or 2WD pickup) .. or they'd start smoking the tires trying to pull the boat out, at which point everyone in the marina would come running over and jump on the back of the vehicle to try and give it some weight.. it usually worked, though there were plenty of submarine drivers initiated at those marinas.. fun days..
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Old Sep 28, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jgmachine
there was a picture of a yellow C5 putting in a jet ski and the entire car went in the water. anyone have that pic?
Just looking at your sig pics...you may have that picture
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Old Sep 28, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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I saw a C5 pulling a large (28ft) boat at a local car show several years back They were both yellow and powered by LS1 motors. He also had someones autograph under the hood. Maybe he will chime in.
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