Towing with an old truck

[TotalyHucked]

Mine was a daily for 30 years and 200000 miles.

Light hauling, trailering, and back and forth to work.

It's what they were made for, and that's what we did with them back in the day.

K

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This one always gets me when you post it lol. Did it tow that trailer (with the Chevelle in it I assume?) well? I don't know that I would've tried that with my truck (certainly not now with the 6-speed Tremec), even with the helper bags I've got

 

[Keith Seymore]

The one with the Haulmark?: yah - that was ill advised. I wouldn't do it again.

Not so much for the handling aspect, but with the little V6 and manual trans it struggled a bit.

K

 

[TotalyHucked]

The one with the Haulmark?: yah - that was ill advised. I wouldn't do it again.

Not so much for the handling aspect, but with the little V6 and manual trans it struggled a bit.

K

I love seeing your pictures of all the towing though, so many guys don't think you can even tow a jetski with one of these, especially when they're lowered. I've had 1500+lbs in the bed of mine several times and it did just fine. I'd throw a light car trailer and a car behind mine, even now with the stick.

 

[YakkoWarner]

I think the biggest challenge with a travel trailer isn't the weight but the frontal surface area/wind resistance. Your engine and transmission will be much happier if you go slower. I've towed a 20 foot 2500 pound sailboat-on-trailer rig 400 miles with a 30 year old truck, also towed a rental car hauler with a 1970's MGB a couple hundred miles with the same 30 year old truck. Didn't have any problems. Would not hesitate to put any of them on the hitch of the 1989 Suburban and go, but so far the only trailer the Suburban has towed is my small 5x10 flatbed that even a V6 compact Ranger is able to handle just fine.

 

[Strick]

I've always been of the opinion that weight distribution is more suited for light duty trucks and station wagons, with no real benefit to heavier duty trucks.

I don't know how many times (it's been a lot) that I have bumper pulled 20-24k down the interstate for 400+ miles, but never once have I felt like weight distribution would have been helpful. This has always been with a 1-ton truck. Do they put wimpy springs under the back of those 2500's, despite being an "HD"?

10K lbs & 34' long. No dually truck & no trailer with dually axles. Pulled thru 20 states & 10K miles & very thankful to have weight distribution hitch for bumper pull. Did a bit of I-40, I-70 & I-80 on the western trip to GC. NE was 500 miles of worst driving ever due to wind sheer. I must have done something wrong with my wimpy truck tho because the wind toppled semi trucks due to their fifth wheel hitches I suppose...
Your my internet hero for the day sir. Show us your station wagon pulling the world behind it please.

HS

 

[Mr Clean]