P1000 towing behind a vehicle

[bobapplegate]

Ok, I’ve gotta ask, why are you wanting to pull it behind another vehicle? Does it not run? Can you not get a trailer to the buggy? Are you worried about driving it on the road? But to answer your question, it should be fine if you put in neutral. And as always, pics or it didn’t happen.

good ask. yes she it is broken, no i can’t get a trailer, truck, or flatbed to it. it is five miles to the pavement down a sand track along the ocean. if it will tow in neutral without other damage i’m going for it tomorrow

 

[Admin]

 

[bobapplegate]

Fake BS

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[bobapplegate]

I think most of us question what prevents you from getting the truck/trailer to the SxS?

Why tow it five miles to then load it up?

ok, i live on an island in the carib. my “road” is a sand track. i have to get it to town, put it on ferry, take it to the mainland, tow it to a loading dock, put in a truck and the truck takes it 300km to the dealer for repair in the city, it’s side of the country.

 

[bobapplegate]

Fake BS

wtf?

 

[Vikes79]

good ask. yes she it is broken, no i can’t get a trailer, truck, or flatbed to it. it is five miles to the pavement down a sand track along the ocean. if it will tow in neutral without other damage i’m going for it tomorrow

If so move it in neutral and in turf mode it should be fine. You may need a helper to operate the brakes.

 

[CID]

ok, i live on an island in the carib. my “road” is a sand track. i have to get it to town, put it on ferry, take it to the mainland, tow it to a loading dock, put in a truck and the truck takes it 300km to the dealer for repair in the city, it’s side of the country.

We needed those details sooner. When I clicked on your location, Google Maps took me to a small town in western Colorado. So the legalities in the USA are irrelevant - all you want to know is if you can tow a dead Pioneer 1000, slowly, for 5 miles without doing any mechanical damage.

 

[rickoshea]

i clicked on the location on wed. and it told me central america.that made sense to me.i was thinking stuck in the jungle.wtf is fake bs??

 

[NTCPrezJB]

ok, i live on an island in the carib. my “road” is a sand track. i have to get it to town, put it on ferry, take it to the mainland, tow it to a loading dock, put in a truck and the truck takes it 300km to the dealer for repair in the city, it’s side of the country.

You’ll be as safe as possible with it in neutral and turf mode to tow it behind another machine. Having someone in it to steer and brake (even if not running though it will take more muscle) appropriately would be the best case scenario. Good luck sir. Sorry to hear it is going to be such a journey for you to get it to the shop.

Any idea what is wrong?

 

[Wallace]

Good luck on your mission. Remember to post pictures.

 

[DG Rider]

The shafts to the front/rear will be spinning through the engine case. They have bearings and bushings that need to be lubed. If the engine will run, then I'd run it (assuming there isn't an issue with it), and you can probably tow it to mars and back.

Otherwise, Hopefully, something is spinning with the shafts the slings oil. Otherwise, I'd limit the towing. Even if you can run the engine for 30 seconds now and then, that'd help. In the end, you gotta do what you gotta do. Certainly, some rigs have been towed that far before with no obvious damage.

 

[CID]

The shafts to the front/rear will be spinning through the engine case. They have bearings and bushings that need to be lubed. If the engine will run, then I'd run it (assuming there isn't an issue with it), and you can probably tow it to mars and back.

Otherwise, Hopefully, something is spinning with the shafts the slings oil. Otherwise, I'd limit the towing. Even if you can run the engine for 30 seconds now and then, that'd help. In the end, you gotta do what you gotta do. Certainly, some rigs have been towed that far before with no obvious damage.

@HondaTech Given the concerns in DG's post, is there sufficient oil circulation to safely tow a Pioneer 1000 five miles with the engine off?

 

[DG Rider]

@HondaTech Given the concerns in DG's post, is there sufficient oil circulation to safely tow a Pioneer 1000 five miles with the engine off?

Sitting here thinking....and I forgot that the 1000 has a separate sub transmission, and it's design may very well "splash feed" plenty of oil for it (probably the way it "lubes" anyway) and probably doesn't feed any rotation into the actual engine in neutral.

 

[Hondasxs]

it’s pretty simple. i live way off the pavement. i need to tow my pioneer in to town using a tow strap to put it on a truck to transport it to a shop

Yes. This would be fine. No issues at all. A driver, neutral and turf as said above, you can pull long distances if needed.

As DG said. Everything concerning is splash feed.

 

[HondaTech]

Correct in Neutral the only thing spinning would be the diffs, and diriveshafts. The sub trans would disengage anything in the engine.

 

[amgdriver]

This does not sound like a good idea unless u are making a u tube fail vid. Maybe a real short distance in a must do situation but this has the making of not ending well. Too many things can go wrong Buy rent or borrow a trailer

 

[rickoshea]

This does not sound like a good idea unless u are making a u tube fail vid. Maybe a real short distance in a must do situation but this has the making of not ending well. Too many things can go wrong Buy rent or borrow a trailer

he can't get a truck or trailer to it,apparently.

 

[Wallace]

Wouldn't make sense to not be able to tow it back to civilization. TOW IT BACK.

 

[CID]

I've towed vehicles for miles, all you need is a reasonably long strap so you're not following so close that the towed driver doesn't have time to react. It's mechanically safe for the Pioneer, which I think was the original question, good to go.