Hi all
Next week I am hoping to tow my boat on a 3000km round trip to Exmouth. My car is a HJ60 with a 2H engine and 5 speed manual h55 gearbox, and the boat is a 5m 1982 Quintrex - weighing about 1.5 Tonne all up when loaded with camping gear. I am getting a tow bar from the wreckers today and as such havent had a chance to see how the car handles towing the boat yet. My question to all the H55 experts is what gear and speed would you recommend I tow in? The car has 31 10.5 15 Bridgestone Dueller AT's, and in 5th gear sits on about 2500rpm at 100km/hr. Would I damage 5th gear trying to tow in it? Should I sit on 80 / 90km/hr in 4th gear all the way making it a long trip!? Any idea on fuel economy when towing that sort of weight?
Thanks heaps!!
Drew
Next week I am hoping to tow my boat on a 3000km round trip to Exmouth. My car is a HJ60 with a 2H engine and 5 speed manual h55 gearbox, and the boat is a 5m 1982 Quintrex - weighing about 1.5 Tonne all up when loaded with camping gear. I am getting a tow bar from the wreckers today and as such havent had a chance to see how the car handles towing the boat yet. My question to all the H55 experts is what gear and speed would you recommend I tow in? The car has 31 10.5 15 Bridgestone Dueller AT's, and in 5th gear sits on about 2500rpm at 100km/hr. Would I damage 5th gear trying to tow in it? Should I sit on 80 / 90km/hr in 4th gear all the way making it a long trip!? Any idea on fuel economy when towing that sort of weight?
Thanks heaps!!
Drew