Ok to tow 86 c1500
12-11-2008, 11:17 PM
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you will be fine, just keep a sharp eye on anybody that is in front of you and leave plenty of room to stop.
Ive towed 12000 pound Ditch Witch when mine was stock..
a old 86 4x4 prolly weighs close to 5500 with those big tires and stuff.
a Tandem axle trailer is your only hope on that far of a drive.... if you have a blow out you can limp it to the next exit..
Ive towed 12000 pound Ditch Witch when mine was stock..
a old 86 4x4 prolly weighs close to 5500 with those big tires and stuff.
a Tandem axle trailer is your only hope on that far of a drive.... if you have a blow out you can limp it to the next exit..
12-20-2008, 01:39 PM
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I tow a ton, with a few different vehicles. Make sure you always have plenty of room to stop or change lanes. Use your head and stay around 55 or 60 mph MAX so you don't do any damage with that much weight. I use overdrive and tow haul, and I have pulled over 12,000 lbs doing so. If the truck starts shifting pull it out of overdrive, but on flat level ground at a steady speed overdrive will be fine. I have done so for over 250,000 miles with no problems with the transmissions. If you are going up step inclines or the transmission starts to gear hunt, put it in 3rd immediately. Gear hunting is what kills transmissions while pulling loads.
Load the truck on the trailer balanced. For the best ride and trailer control you are going to want to put just the slightest amount of weight on the back of your pull truck. If your pull truck sits up in the rear, I normally load the trailer until the pull truck is sitting level front to rear. This will put enough weight on the pull truck to control the trailer, without doing any damage to it. TO MUCH WEIGHT ON THE PULL TRUCK WILL CAUSE HANDLING PROBLEMS AS WELL AS PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE PULL TRUCK AND FRAME!
Like this
Unloaded it sits like this
That trailor, truck and parts, behind my yukon weighed over 10,000 lbs, and you can note in my sig, that the yukon has a 3/5 drop. I had no pull issues, had no trailer brakes, and averaged 13.5 mpg at 60 mph on a 400 mile drive. I even drove over the much dreaded Mount Eagle Mountain.
When I pull a trailor I keep the radio turned down, and everything quiet. I am sure that you can do something similiar and observe how things feel. Put a little bit of grease on the trailor hitch before you connect the trailer, this will keep down the noise or in your case the vibration from the pivoting action.
With this much weight, there is one big huge thing to remeber. DO NOT FIGHT THE TRAILER. If it starts to move around on you because of wind or perhaps you pickup some extra speed coming off a hill, let the trailor do its thing. If you fight it 9 times out of 10 you are going to have an accident. If it wants to walk across lanes let it walk, if it wants to push the truck a little, let it push. SLOW STEADY CONTROLLED MOVEMENTS.
Keep these thoughts in your head, watch what your doing and you should do great. If you have a little weight you can throw in the pull truck bed do it. Every little bit helps. So if the truck your going to pickup has some extra parts or what not, put them in the pull truck bed and not the one on the trailer. If you have anymore questions let me know.
PM me if you want my cell number, you can text me any questions you have once you get down there. I will help the best I can.
Load the truck on the trailer balanced. For the best ride and trailer control you are going to want to put just the slightest amount of weight on the back of your pull truck. If your pull truck sits up in the rear, I normally load the trailer until the pull truck is sitting level front to rear. This will put enough weight on the pull truck to control the trailer, without doing any damage to it. TO MUCH WEIGHT ON THE PULL TRUCK WILL CAUSE HANDLING PROBLEMS AS WELL AS PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE PULL TRUCK AND FRAME!
Like this
Unloaded it sits like this
That trailor, truck and parts, behind my yukon weighed over 10,000 lbs, and you can note in my sig, that the yukon has a 3/5 drop. I had no pull issues, had no trailer brakes, and averaged 13.5 mpg at 60 mph on a 400 mile drive. I even drove over the much dreaded Mount Eagle Mountain.
When I pull a trailor I keep the radio turned down, and everything quiet. I am sure that you can do something similiar and observe how things feel. Put a little bit of grease on the trailor hitch before you connect the trailer, this will keep down the noise or in your case the vibration from the pivoting action.
With this much weight, there is one big huge thing to remeber. DO NOT FIGHT THE TRAILER. If it starts to move around on you because of wind or perhaps you pickup some extra speed coming off a hill, let the trailor do its thing. If you fight it 9 times out of 10 you are going to have an accident. If it wants to walk across lanes let it walk, if it wants to push the truck a little, let it push. SLOW STEADY CONTROLLED MOVEMENTS.
Keep these thoughts in your head, watch what your doing and you should do great. If you have a little weight you can throw in the pull truck bed do it. Every little bit helps. So if the truck your going to pickup has some extra parts or what not, put them in the pull truck bed and not the one on the trailer. If you have anymore questions let me know.
PM me if you want my cell number, you can text me any questions you have once you get down there. I will help the best I can.
Last edited by cttandy; 12-20-2008 at 01:47 PM.
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