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Anyone ever tow a pop up with a V70? V70-XC70

posted by  mormit on  Fri Sep 4 15:11 CST 2009
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I recently aquired a Starcraft pop up camper from my in-laws. I towed it 800 miles with an F150 truck. This is a V6/manual transmission with similar power to the V70 T5 though the T5 has 25 more hp and the torque is over a wider range.

I would like to tow this for camping with the family. The camper is about 1200lb curb weight so when packed I'm guessing 1500 or so. I will get it weighed just to be sure.

The '98 V70 is rated 1100lb unbraked and 3300lb with a braked trailer. I plan on adding electric brakes to the camper.

I'd like to know how well the V70 tends to handle towing. Mine has the factory tow hitch/wiring and I've added IPD sways and good struts.

mormit
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02 S40 , 98 V70 T5 Koni FSDs, IPD swaybars and HD Endlinks, 85 245DL 278,000mi V15cam It takes a licking and keeps on ticking






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