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Eagle Gallery => Eagles at work and Play => Topic started by: A-A EAGLE on March 02, 2014, 03:22:36 PM

Title: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
Post by: A-A EAGLE on March 02, 2014, 03:22:36 PM

Look this.......

(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/107sw/HeavyhaulageAMC1983_zpsa19d0b96.jpg) (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/107sw/media/HeavyhaulageAMC1983_zpsa19d0b96.jpg.html)

It's the transportation of a pretty heavy Fishery Patrol Boat. The Eagle did this job very well. It's a shot with my telephone so, not very high quality.

Anjo
Holland

Title: Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
Post by: BAHuys on March 02, 2014, 03:47:06 PM

Awesome!  :occasion14:

I feel sorry for the transmission though....

Title: Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
Post by: maddog on March 02, 2014, 08:12:27 PM

good to see you made it over here to the den A-A EAGLE and the Eagle still looks awesome. the rear doesn't even appear to be squatting under the load of that boat.

Title: Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
Post by: A-A EAGLE on March 03, 2014, 12:12:14 PM

Thank you Maddog and BAHuys.  Great to be back on the forum too. The trailer with boat had a weight of something like 1500kg (3300lbs or so). Stressing the tranny depends on the weight of your right foot. With trailer like this I am driving pretty calm and not trying to win races at traffic lights.... I have to confess that I have used the compressor to put a bit of air in the shocks. Anjo

Title: Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
Post by: maddog on March 03, 2014, 08:55:31 PM

hey that's what the air shocks are meant for.

Title: Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
Post by: Amc1320 on March 03, 2014, 10:00:35 PM

Cool pic

When I was a kid my parents had a hornet Sportabout wagon with a 258 six , we hauled a camper loaded with stuff all over the place, even long trips of hundreds of miles.

Never had a problem with the engine or the transmission. Didn't break any land speed records but it sure did pull a load without complaint

He traded it for a chebbie caprice after several years cause it had a v8, it didn't pull nearly as well as the hornet and was lots of trouble. My dad wishes to this day he had never gotten rid of that hornet.

Title: Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
Post by: vangremlin on March 03, 2014, 11:24:44 PM

All in a days work...

Title: Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
Post by: Prafeston on March 04, 2014, 01:34:24 AM

Welcome back AA! Eagle is still looking good and appears to be getting great use!