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Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:21 pm

First time to post but have been a frequent viewer of a great site. Looking at buying a diesel pickup and need advice. Have read most related posts in the Forum but have a few unique questions. Any independet shops in the Atlanta Georgia area that could do a good pre purchase inspection? Have found a few caddys with low operating miles due to being towed behind motorhomes. Any detrimental effects to towing a caddy? I notice most caddys have trailer hitches....what is towing capacity of an 81 diesel caddy pickup? Any good shops in the Savannah Georgia area for maintenance? Any and all advice is appreciated.

Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:15 pm

g650 wrote: First time to post but have been a frequent viewer of a great site. Looking at buying a diesel pickup and need advice. Have read most related posts in the Forum but have a few unique questions. Any independet shops in the Atlanta Georgia area that could do a good pre purchase inspection? Have found a few caddys with low operating miles due to being towed behind motorhomes. Any detrimental effects to towing a caddy? I notice most caddys have trailer hitches....what is towing capacity of an 81 diesel caddy pickup? Any good shops in the Savannah Georgia area for maintenance? Any and all advice is appreciated.

towing them will wear out front wheel bearings, towing with them is going to require a well balanced trailer or some helper springs in the rear. I am not near savannah, but if you are near chattanooga tn we have a shop that specializes in VWs, Volvos and BMWs

Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:11 am

Thanks for your response. I've found a few caddys in your region that I plan to check out. Would it be ok to call you to discuss future maintenance, etc? What is the name of your shop?

Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:47 pm

Check the strut towers for rust, this is a bad spot on the Rabbit trucks.

I tow w/ mine, no problem...