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Towing a trailer, Oregon to Pennsylvania, 1987 GL


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I'm moving from Oregon to the east coast (South Jersey) and considering my options for how to move my stuff. I have an '87 GL wagon with 240k miles that's been reliable for the last 5 years, and I'm wondering if I should haul a trailer with it for that distance. I have a hitch rated at 2000 pounds and I could save a lot of money renting a trailer vs renting a truck. But I'm wondering if that would be pushing my luck. It would really suck to be stuck in the middle of nowhere in winter with a dead car and a rented trailer full of my stuff.

 

What do you say?

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It would really suck to be stuck in the middle of nowhere in winter with a dead car and a rented trailer full of my stuff.

 

 

What do you say?

 

 I think you nailed it .  Given the time of year and distance, I would lean towards renting a truck.

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I don't know what your job situation is, I'm basing this solely on my experience, NJ has extremely high cost of living. Rent, etc. It's really difficult out there and that's why I moved to Pennsylvania. Thing about PA is work is a bit scarce in places. I'm in South PA.

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Really appreciate the advice! Thanks. I'm just taking my car full of stuff, no trailer. What hurts the most is leaving my Polk Audio RTi-A7s behind. Better than being stuck in the middle of Wyoming with no heat and no engine LOL

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You can only pull a small trailer with a GL, and only if it has no profile that is larger than the GL itself.  You could crack your cylinder heads if you try to drive above 60 mph.

I've never heard of this as a result of towing at speed. Too much heat is what kills cylinder heads.

 

Cheers

 

Bennie

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My car died just east of Salt Lake City. Busted timing belt and whatever else might have resulted. RIP and I hope the organ donations (parts) will be helpful to other Subarus. I'm keeping the plates CL96563. Goodbye old friend. Renting a car for the rest of the way to the east coast. I wasn't towing a trailer but I did drive it around 80 mph thru Idaho and in Utah, pushing my luck. I was carrying about 800 pounds of stuff. Good thing I wasn't towing a trailer because towiing the dead car and the trailer woulda been more complicated.

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What DaveT said !

  That's why we leave the covers off.   Makes replacing timing belts about a 30 minute job.    Sorry to hear about the breakdown.   If you're not in a rental car yet, then maybe some forum members are close to you and can help ... a lot of them in the Legacy section.

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