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Author Topic: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon  (Read 5574 times)

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A-A EAGLE

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Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
« on: March 02, 2014, 03:22:36 PM »
Look this.......



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.

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Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2014, 03:47:06 PM »
Awesome!  :occasion14:

I feel sorry for the transmission though....

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Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
« Reply #3 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

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Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2014, 08:55:31 PM »
hey that's what the air shocks are meant for.
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Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2014, 11:24:44 PM »
All in a days work...
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Re: Real heavy haulage for this 1983 AMC Eagle wagon
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2014, 01:34:24 AM »
Welcome back AA! Eagle is still looking good and appears to be getting great use!
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