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Old 12-20-2010 | 07:00 PM
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havent heard too much on the boards about using these to tow. Ive read abt the H2 but not the H1..
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Old 12-21-2010 | 05:09 AM
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I remeber somone towing a 38 scarab with a hummer once

Both the Hummer and the boat looked sharp right up until it started swearving and hit a cement overpass piling

Things that make you go --- Bummer on the Hummer and no more float for the boat LOL
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Old 12-21-2010 | 06:04 AM
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I have seen several before. Don't know how they towed. Never saw one hit a cement abutment though. Look on youtube at some of the things the H1 does. Pretty impressive for the things was designed to do.
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Old 12-21-2010 | 07:20 AM
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Im not sure if this will help or not, but a race customer of mine insisted on using one to haul around a trailer with 4 motorcycles in it for a race season.Reguardless of how you put the bikes in it was the illest driving piece of shi up and down 95 OHyeah do you know how expensive the tires are, it wore the set to the cords It looked COOL but its not a to vehical in my opinion.
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Old 12-21-2010 | 08:26 AM
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not that im interested in buying one but i see the prices on the alphas are falling..well maybe i should say they are less than last winter.
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Old 12-21-2010 | 08:34 AM
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friend of mine has one. Cool trucks, they wil do some crazy things, but if you put a trailer behing it, it is a piece of junk.

I have personally slid through intersections with that thing trying to stop with 38' fontain behind it.

IMO, absolutely not.
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Old 12-21-2010 | 08:38 AM
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Buddy of mine towes his 36 outlaw with a h1. It towes decent but talk about bad gas mileage. He only towes it about 7 miles.

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Old 12-21-2010 | 08:39 AM
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Old 12-21-2010 | 04:05 PM
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I tow with my H1 (6.2 L Turbo Diesel) usually just a short distance to the ramp and back but have towed my Fountain hundreds of miles.
Tows the boat fine, but takes some time to get up to speed and up the hills is slow going. Once you're going you can cruise all day but gas mileage is 6-7 mph and brakes are the weak link so you need lots of room to slow down. Works great at shallow ramps, I have backed up until the water was at or above the bottom of the doors, in 2-3 feet of water, without a problem. When summer is gone and winter sets in, like now, there is nothing more fun than plowing through 3-4 ft of fresh snow!


http://www.offshoreonly.com/gallery/...hp?photo=18487
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Old 12-21-2010 | 08:25 PM
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My friend did not like towing with his. Underpowered and the suspension does not like handling the weight. But he did pick up a lot of girls in town though! LOL
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