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08-26-2003, 06:38 PM
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3 Rivet Member
Richardson
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 126
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Honest Officer, I didn't mean to
Ya see, Sir, I was just driving along and...
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'99 25' Safari
2 Honda 2000i generators
'08 Chevy Duramax
'01 Yamaha Raptor ATV
'07 Yamaha Rhino ATV
2 burgler alarms: Rotweiller and Shepherd
"If you step down to get in, you have to step up to get out"
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08-26-2003, 07:26 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 790
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I understand while towing your AS at that speed there is no trailer sway. Did you notice any?
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08-26-2003, 07:51 PM
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3 Rivet Member
Richardson
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 126
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Sway is minimal after it becomes airborn. I try not to let it get over 14' because of overpass clearances.
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'99 25' Safari
2 Honda 2000i generators
'08 Chevy Duramax
'01 Yamaha Raptor ATV
'07 Yamaha Rhino ATV
2 burgler alarms: Rotweiller and Shepherd
"If you step down to get in, you have to step up to get out"
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08-27-2003, 02:47 AM
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Rivet Monster
1975 31' Sovereign
1980 31' Excella II
Sprung Leak
, North Carolina
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 7,172
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08-27-2003, 11:41 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 158
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What Fararri were you using to tow with?
Greg
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08-27-2003, 11:47 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Richardson
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 126
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Just myole faithful Duramax!
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'99 25' Safari
2 Honda 2000i generators
'08 Chevy Duramax
'01 Yamaha Raptor ATV
'07 Yamaha Rhino ATV
2 burgler alarms: Rotweiller and Shepherd
"If you step down to get in, you have to step up to get out"
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08-27-2003, 12:30 PM
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Little Radio
1966 28' Ambassador
Chicago
, Illinois
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 98
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Great photo!
I may have attempted that speed in my younger days on a deserted backroad... but age has a funny way of making one wiser.
What municipality is blacked out above the "police" decal?
Also, unless the photo is doctored, I suspect the switch was set to "km/hr" rather than "mph" -- which would make the passing vehicle's velocity approximately 103 mph (something you could probably achieve with a turbodiesel powerstroke pulling a Bambi).
Great idea for a new contest! Any takers?!
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08-27-2003, 01:11 PM
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Just an old timer...
2004 22' Interstate
Tipton
, Iowa
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 4,766
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didja see this guy waitin'...
just down the block????
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havin' to fix my broken Airstreams since 1987...
AIR 2053 Current: 2004 Airstream Interstate "B-Van" T1N DODGE Sprinter
Former Airstreams: 1953 Flying Cloud, 1957 Overlander, 1961 Bambi, 1970 Safari Special, 1978 Argosy Minuet, 1985 325 Moho, 1994 Limited 34' Two-door, 1994 B190 "B-Van"
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08-27-2003, 01:23 PM
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Aluminut
2004 25' Safari
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, Illinois
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,477
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Not towing of course, I've had the my '96 Impala SS up to 136. It had a bunch more to go too. The car club claims that the top speed is 154 MPH. One guy was in Montana and his passenger took a photo of the digital dash at 147mph.
I can stomach anything less than about 110. Once past the 110 mark, it's all about paying close attention to detail and praying a bit that all the suspention parts keep in place....
The older cars used to shimmy and shake past 65, and cars today don't really do that. However once you get past the 120 mark, there is a strange gut feeling you get---besides the fact if you get pulled over the officer brings his paper shreadder with him to the side of your car and proceeds to shread your license and take you on a free police car ride.
Eric
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08-27-2003, 04:14 PM
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1 Rivet Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 6
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speed limits
One night about 6 months ago my wife Patty and I were going to Seaside fla...through our favorite little town,Elba, Ala....so's we could stop at the famous Kelly's Bar B que.... and as I came into town the local sheriff , with blue lights a' blowin', did a hairpin in the middle of the road and pulled me over...I asked him what the problem was and he said I was doing 55 in a 25, and as I asked him "when did it change?" he said about 50 ft. back...he asked me where I was goin' and I said "Florida, .....but ONLY after I stopped at Kelly's, my favorite Bar B Que place of all time and get me a Belly Washin' Coke, and a couple of killer sandwichs' for me and Miss Patty".....he noticed my Alabama Football hat and asked me if I attended the U of A and I said of course, at the same time as Joe Namath and Billy Neighbors and my friend Cecil Dowdy, a 185 pound All-American offensive tackle on the "Coach's" 1963 National Chapionship team....he gave me a big ole' Red Man chew grin, ...and said, "Nice hat...see ya'll later."
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Charlie Renfroe
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08-27-2003, 08:57 PM
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Rivet Master
Massachusetts
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: 1964 17' Bambi II
Posts: 4,282
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How about a topless tow vehicle?
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06-27-2008, 09:27 AM
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Roadtrain O--O~(--ooo--)
2000 34' Limited
1979 31' Excella 500
Miamisburg
, Ohio
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 145
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You might be a redneck, if,,,,
you've ever towed something at over a hundred miles an hour,,,,
Somewhere between Hays, KS and the CO state line. Duramax+31'Excella+too much Red Bull Sometimes I'm a couple cold cuts short of a sandwich....
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'00 34' Classic Limited (LOVSHAC)
'12 3500HD, 4x4 LBZ D/A CC LB
AIR #12881
TAC OH-10
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06-27-2008, 11:01 AM
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Vintage Kin
Fort Worth
, Texas
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 8,014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ebair
You might be a redneck, if,,,,
you've ever towed something at over a hundred miles an hour,,,,
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. . 'cause Momma's havin' 'nother baby NOW and you gotta git it thar before closin' time ta git paid today.
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