Re: [A/S] Mercedes ML500

[chasm@xxxxxxxxx]

>Does anyone out there tow a Classic 34 with a Mercedes ML500 ?   
>
>How do you find that it does the job ?
>
>We have been interested in this SUV for a while, & we're very 
>hopeful to hear about folks actual experiences.

I don't know much about this , only been towing these suckers since about
1973... but I know that you need  WIDE and LONG between your tires
you need HP and TORQUE!!  to pull it anywhere but across the parking lot.

I have found the ideal vehicle for my 31'....  a Ford Excursion with 6.0L diesel
engine.   others here have the same thing in an E350 van, still others like our
listowner, use F250s and F350s. with mid or long beds but still with diesels or
the nearest equivalent to a powerstroke...

what you want to use to pull it might be used for spotting the trailer into the
covered storage for the year.   It might be well used as a TOAD for a diesel
pusher or other 150,000$+  motor home.

you would NEVER want to use anything less than the equivalent of a F250 Super
Duty pickup for that 34'.    it is probably less qualified to tow that my wife's
cherry/tan EBaur Expedition.   I use it to spot my trailer into storage...
I think anything smaller than a Suburban with a HUGE gasser (since they stopped
making diesels) is simply asking to commit carnage on the highway upon the other
drivers.  

and in spite of all this Wide and Long and TORQUE and HP, you still need
something that puts the hitchpoint back against the differential like a Pullrite
or the very complicated and expensive Pierce Arrow or whatever they call that.
Disliked it so much, I sold it and bought the Pullrite and have put Pullrites on
every new vehicle since then.  These hitches take all the white knuckle sway out
of towing and make it a sunday drive experience.   REMEMBER to check though when
you are passing someone with all that TORQUE and HP!!!   

enough
chas