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Postby bigcoyote » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:51 pm

Just got some pics of our Scotland MINI's -- pulling caravans!!!!

What can your MINI pull ???? :lol:


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Postby azminiman » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:34 pm

very common in europe. I saw a smart car pulling a camper nearly that size. Its just a US thing that people think you have to have a big ol' truck to haul a camper. Oh yea, and you can camp in a camper less then the size of a semi trailer.
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Postby bigcoyote » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:54 pm

azminiman wrote:very common in europe. I saw a smart car pulling a camper nearly that size. Its just a US thing that people think you have to have a big ol' truck to haul a camper. Oh yea, and you can camp in a camper less then the size of a semi trailer.


I just keep wondering if my car will pull my euro camper.... It would still void the US warranty though... :roll:


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Postby Pipsqueak » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:52 pm

azminiman wrote:Oh yea, and you can camp in a camper less then the size of a semi trailer.


I don't think I can camp in something smaller than a semi trailer :lol: :lol:

Do you think the mini can tow this? :shock:

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Postby 66Cooper » Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:00 pm

Pipsqueak wrote:Do you think the mini can tow this? :shock:

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I doubt it, but I have seen Minis. MINIS, and other assorted smaller vehicles PUSHING them down the highway. :lol:
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Postby kalvin » Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:33 pm

Pipsqueak wrote:
azminiman wrote:Oh yea, and you can camp in a camper less then the size of a semi trailer.


I don't think I can camp in something smaller than a semi trailer :lol: :lol:

Do you think the mini can tow this? :shock:

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i think i can pull it... just let me get the mini running first.... im gonna need lotz of Betalink and zip ties to hold my bumper though.. :lol: :lol:
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Postby azminiman » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:37 pm

HHmmm,, I say we get a trailer that will hold 5-6 MINIs, and head to MTTS in that.. we can all split the gas.. OOOOhhhh the dragon next year... ROAD TRIP in AJs RV
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Postby dragonflyer » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:52 am

I tow my Mini PickUp behind my Cooper S. The MINI has a 1500 LB towing limit but the dealer doesn't like to admit that.

I had it maxed out for this trip with almost 400 LBs of stuck in the ruck bed. I bet I was pulling close to 1600 LB. Had no problems. Will be doing the same for MITM.

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Postby scuzzlepook » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:41 am

dragonflyer wrote:I had it maxed out for this trip with almost 400 LBs of stuck in the ruck bed. I bet I was pulling close to 1600 LB. Had no problems.


just exactly what kind of "stuck" did you have in the "ruck" bed, Mike? :lol:
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Postby azminiman » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:58 pm

scuzzlepook wrote:
dragonflyer wrote:I had it maxed out for this trip with almost 400 LBs of stuck in the ruck bed. I bet I was pulling close to 1600 LB. Had no problems.


just exactly what kind of "stuck" did you have in the "ruck" bed, Mike? :lol:


:lmao^ sad thing,, I totaly didnt catch it. It made sense to me :shock:
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