May 11, 201312 yr With my Brat. There was a Suburban in the inside traffic lane of US36 going to Boulder today. Quite a dangerous spot to be, on a 6 lane limited access highway, with no inside shoulder. I stopped to find out what the problem was. And she thought it was out of gas. So of course I asked her what the gas guage was at, to which she replied it didn't work... I see. Anyways, got out the tow rope, hooked up to the land whale, and pulled it up a hill and over to the exit, then into the gas station. Found out that I REALLY need to replace my radiator, as I was pegged at the top for a bit(I was too worried about the traffic to notice this at first). Decided it was a bad idea to shut off the car while it was pegged, knowing it could cool itself by running. Then went and bought a new radiator for it. But I'll be damned if a 2,500lb Subaru can't pull a 6,000lb land whale.
May 11, 201312 yr ON a short controlled tow it is amazing what you can pull. It is that doing it regularly thing over a long distance where things get tricky
May 11, 201312 yr I don't see why it couldn't, I used to pull people out of the ditch with my sameri all the time no problem, once I pulled a 3/4 ton ford out of a snow bank, but of course that could be part of the reason the trans failed later lol I hope your car is okay.
May 11, 201312 yr If i had a 1$ for every deadbeat i pulled out i whoud not have to work anymore Lol +1 if only they would give you a dollar for pulling them out, I don't think that's a bad price
May 11, 201312 yr Author Well it drove home to Denver from Boulder ok, so I think everything is fine. Except the radiator, which I knew was a problem before. Replacing it today.
May 12, 201312 yr I hope everything turns out ok. Even for a short distance, it still makes me proud to be a subaru owner!
June 20, 201312 yr Pulling a burban is impressive but the day I had to pull an 82 dodge d350 4 door ext cab from being high cintered... Then it was sent to the shop for a wheel bearing. Guess the truck helped destroy the hub, needed a new control arm
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