Tow Vehicle

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This is sorta off-topic, but it does concern MY AMC's.

I'll be retiring this yr from the Navy Reserve and hope to be able to finally start attenting more car shows/AMC meets.  I don't really have a show-quality car, although my wife has been urging me to sell some things, pool the cash and buy one good car, but that's another story.

Anyway, I've been looking for a tow vehicle, probably something new or near new.  I'm looking at Diesel PU's from the big three, most likely a Super Duty F250.  I am concerned about fuel mileage, especially in normal driving.  Trouble is, the heavier trucks like that aren't rated by the government and I can't get a clear consensus on what a vehicle like what I'm after would get.  Any ideas/websites you could direct me to?

I'm thinking a stripper reg cab 2WD diesel/6 sp manual trans/3.73 gears.  Figure that's plenty for the 4000 lbs or so that a loaded car trailer would be.  I want something that has capacity to spare so it isn't staining when going down the road, can handle hills OK, etc...

I hear the diesel PU's get 20+ MPG.  The only person I know around here first of is full of BS, and second has a crew cab, lifted, 4WD with auto that I think is getting some 18-20 mpg if I can filter thru his crap correctly.  I know other people "that knows someone" that only gets 14mpg.  The combo I stated above should do better than that by a decent margin.

Jim Boone
Mims, FL

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