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Purchase of a tracker that was towed- NEED ADVICE

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Offline keith

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Purchase of a tracker that was towed- NEED ADVICE
« on: October 22, 2004, 04:21:51 AM »
I am looking at purchasing an 01 Tracker.  What concerns me is that it has the tow bar assembly on it.  the engine only has 24500 miles, but I wonder what problems being towed could have caused, if any.  Is there anything I should be on the look out for?  I have no idea how much it was towed.  Any advice is appreciated.  This would be my daily driver.
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Offline LilRed

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Re: Purchase of a tracker that was towed- NEED ADV
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2004, 07:51:47 AM »
   I believe that miles are still registered when vehicle is towed so odometer reading should include towed miles.  I could be wrong (as I often am). ::)
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Offline Mike71

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Re: Purchase of a tracker that was towed- NEED ADV
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2004, 08:33:13 AM »
there are NO problems from towing..my 91 was towed all its life my grandpas 99 tracker was towed since new..all of them run like a champ and are still in perfect condition

i wouldnt worry about it being towed..they said that u have to stop every XXX miles but that is just them worrying like i said..my tracker is fine it takes the HUGE ammount of abuse that i give it and keeps coming back for more
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Offline Whipp

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Re: Purchase of a tracker that was towed- NEED ADV
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2004, 10:11:24 AM »
I wouldn't worry about towed miles at all.  The vast majority of my '89 Sidekick's miles are from towing behind my grandparent's motorhome, it runs fine.  

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Offline kansascitytracker

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Re: Purchase of a tracker that was towed- NEED ADV
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2004, 12:18:03 PM »
You can never tell if they racked any miles on it while towing it, unless you ask, I would think that would be a pretty good vehicle to buy. I consider my '92 with 102,000 a low mileage vehicle, am I wrong?

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Offline Mike71

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Re: Purchase of a tracker that was towed- NEED ADV
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2004, 01:16:08 PM »
my 91 tracker has 94k miles on it..but in reality it only has about 35-40k on the engine  :o
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Re: Purchase of a tracker that was towed- NEED ADV
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2004, 01:50:42 PM »
You need to watch out for
the Trackers attitude, after
pushing around a motorhome
for all those miles, it might
think it's a Super Tracker   ;D

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Offline Digger

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Re: Purchase of a tracker that was towed- NEED ADV
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2004, 04:12:40 PM »
If you get it and don't need the tow bar, how much would you want for it? LOL!
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Offline lil_Truck

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Re: Purchase of a tracker that was towed- NEED ADV
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2004, 10:25:15 AM »
I have a 96 tracker and it has a cable off the trany for the milage.  So any miles towed will show up on the odometer.

Mine is a "Trackers with aattitude, after pushing around a motorhome for all those miles, it might  think it's a Super Tracker"  and haven't had any problems related to the towing/pushing  ::) behind the motor home.
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