Wouldn't Maine be better than here for the summer? It's another drought year.

 

Maine will NEVER be better than Texas any time of the year. With the tolls on every highway you cant drive 20 miles without paying a toll. I pay $20 in tolls just to leave Maine. Also, Maine has some of the worst drivers. I've been all over the country and all over Europe, none compare to the old people here.

 

That toll disease has spread here but I hope it doesn't get as bad as the East Coast.

 

Not sure on the laws out there but I do know my grandpa did tow a fifthwheel trailer and a 16' foot boat with-out a cdl.

 

Why tow more than what your truck's frame and suspension were designed to handle??? Your only doing more damage than you think. I've seen the frame rails crack after the last tubular cross member. That was using a frame mounted hitch. My friend used to haul his ice delivery trailer with his 2001 ECSB 5.3L truck. The trailer/ freezer with ice weighed around 8,000-9,000lbs (depending on how much ice was loaded). Anyways, all in all, both frame horns cracked right after the last cross member. He tried to take up a lawsuit against GM, but lost due to him hauling more weight than the truck was rated for.
Buy a 3/4 or 1 ton if you need to haul heavy loads. That's why they made them.

Jim

 

This is a one time heavy load an I will have NO tongue weight. Towing double I will only be around 7500#, well within my tow limits.

 

What are you going to do for brakes? 7500# with out brakes is dangerous! I speak from experience but not by choice.

 

I have heard from some people using those tow bars can actually damage the transmission if you don't take the driveshaft out. They say it is cause the transmission is not being cooled but it is still turning. Anyone else heard that or was the person who told me this full of ?

 

 

When towing an automatic, you have to pull the driveshaft (also manual too) because the transmission pump is not turn, so no oil is circulating through the transmission. This lack of oil burns up clutches, seizes bushing to shafts plus melts seal rings. Some Power Glides have a rear pump to circulate oil when be towed, this is just a little knowledge for the ones who did not know that.