[VAC] An adequate tow vehicle

[Joel Wilcox <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx>]

What do you consider minimum performance
considerations in the tow vehicle?

I now own my parents' '66 Overlander. They used a
Dodge Polara, a Mercury Marquis, an Olds 98, and most
recently a GMC Vandura 2500 with 350ci motor, which I
now also own.  Of the cars, they considered the
Mercury the best (the Dodge might have been OK as a
tow but had other problems) until they got the GMC
van. Their criteria of a good tow vehicle was its
ability to make it over a mountain pass without
over-heating or threatening to.

I suppose there must be other more exacting criteria.
The GMC van is not a fast tow, either in acceleration
or in terms of comfort at higher speeds on the road. 
I don't really enjoy pulling the Overlander at much
more than 55 MPH.  I do think there is an advantage
while towing in being a little higher in the air as
one is in a van.

Over all, I'm pretty satisfied. Should I be?

Joel

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Joel Wilcox
1966 Overlander
Tow: 1987 GMC Vandura 2500