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Originally Posted by 2011G6E
But but but I saw where those big Yank trucks can tow eleventy-million tons!!!
Lot of caveats in those outrageously large towing figures they quote over there...on a flat smooth surface, at low speeds, etc, etc...
Hell, I could tie my '82 Celica to a semi and if the tyres on the truck were all pumped up to rock hardness and it was on a flat level surface, no doubt I could eventually get it moving once you overcome inertia.
Doesn't mean I could tow it all day long at highway speeds...
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Eh? Where do you see the fine print that it has to be on a smooth flat surface? Look up the Ike Gauntlet towing tests by The Fast Lane Truck. 20,000 lb trailers up a 7% grade at 11,000 feet above sea level while trying to maintain 60mph. Not exactly the conditions you're describing. Then there's the Davis Dam towing tests...