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Thread #152632   Message #3570547
Posted By: JohnInKansas
27-Oct-13 - 03:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: Tale of a Used Car
Subject: RE: BS: Tale of a Used Car
The standard HHR claims something like 1,800 or 2,000 lb (I forget which) towing capacity, but they don't recommend doing it "at highway speeds."

Our biggest problem with plans we might have had is that the "tongue load" (down load at the back bumper) isn't supposed to exceed 150 lb, which precludes installing any "mobility scooter carriage" known.

The back seat folds down and we figured out how to get LiK's scooter inside, but there's no place to carry a long enough ramp to drive it in, so it's either a 130 lb "lift" to toss it in, or taking it apart into 35 pound pieces (that she'd have trouble putting back together).

"My" mobility chair is about 380 lb and doesn't come apart, so I guess I'd just have to follow here in the big truck if I want to keep up with her at Wally World with our own aids. (Anywhere except on clean paved surfaces her scooter is such a wimp that I've usually ended up towing it home with mine, which is the only real purpose for keeping mine.)

She took her scooter (in the HHR) to the WVA festival and said there were "lots of guys" eager to unload and load it for her, but that doesn't seem to work quite as well when I'm in the vicinity (one of the reasons I let her go alone, since I was still pooped from loading hers at home).

John