Might wanta swap trucks to a 2500 or at least get a fifth wheel setup. If not trailer must have brakes, 4" drop ball mount, 2 5/16" ball, and load distributing bars. You might want to get some AIR LIFT bags to help with the ride control.

 

Let me give you a piece of advise, I tried to tow my 89 jeep XJ (about 3600 lbs) on an alum car hauler and my 06 couldn't pull it, 65 mph the engine was overheating, trans was shifting like mad (keep in mind my truck is rated at 7400lbs for trailering) You may not have a heat problem with the Clutch driven fan that you have but e fans on the 05 and 06s were ment for people who really want a truck as a daily driver not to actually do anything else like work. You'll also notice if you tow enough your hitch will start to bend and eventually come apart, it is a problem GM knows about but refuses to fix. As far as towing with a lift and how much drop hitch it really depends on what it takes to make the trailer level, if someone here is saying it's 6" their talking out their *** and have no idea beacuse they don't even know how high the trailer tounge is. You really need to load the trailer and attach it to the truck and see how much drop you need.

So if you are going to tow your trailblazer a lot time to move on to a 3/4, 1/2 tons were not ment to do anything but be daily driver pavement queens.

 

Another question is how often are you going to be towing this SS and for how far.

Like you are thinking we all know you can get by with what you have for the occasional tow and short distances but if you are a long hauler and do it often you should look to upgrade accordingly.

Basically if you do not tow much you should be fine. To figure out the proper drop mount you need to put the same amount of weight in the bed as the tongue weight of the trailer is going to be and measure the height and compare that to the height of the trailor when level. Then the difference is your drop mount needed.

Just try and 4" if it is too low return it and get a 6". A brake controller, good trailor with brakes and being properly loaded will make a huge difference.

 

my dad has a 2004 1500 silverado 5.3 alum block towing package etc and we have a 33ft travel trailor and it tows that thing without much of a problem....im prettu sure it weighs close to 10000lbs. all we have is load distributiing bars. its towed about 600miles about 4 times a year. i believe your truck should tow it fine. just look into the drop hitch and yea your trailor should have some brakes on it. if the TBSS is sitting right on the trailor is shouldnt put much weight on the tongue.

 

Exactly but I think you meant to say is 2" not a 6", or if a 4" is too high then get a 6".

A 2500 would be better but he can do it with his 1/2 ton, I would not even go with fifth wheel setup, because of how big they are, and they are heavy if you want to remove them. I have yet to see a flat bed trailer with 5th wheel hitch, most come with a gooseneck. A 2 5/16" would be better but most trailers (car hauler, enclosed, utility) come with 2" ball coupler. The load distribution bars and air bags are a waste of money and for people that don't even know how to load a trailer correctly, most of these people will place the load on the very front of the trailer, where they should be placing it over the axles of trailer.

Is there a certain reason why your dad has such a long drag trailer, anthing over 20' travel trailer or flat bed should be using a fifth wheel (travel trailer) or gooseneck (flat bed). Using a bed mounted hitch is the safest way of towing a trailer because the truck is push the trailer vs. pulling the trailer. What I mean take a look at the position of the ball mount, bed mounted hitches are usually mounted 2-4" in front of the rear axle this cause the vehicle to push the trailer, while a bumper hitch is mounted behind the rear axle this is pulling.

 

the reason he has such a long trailor is because he wanted it i guess...maybe im thinkin the full length is 33' (with front bed extension) wheras travel length may be only 28' or something but his truck pulls it fine especially with the load dist. bars...he didnt opt for the goose neck because it wasnt in his desired price range and he doesnt have too much a problem pulling this one now. i know what you mean about the push vs pull but whatever works you know?

 

Sorry to but in...
What is this about Pushing vs Pulling? Im not understanding this.. I pull trailers pretty often, but the max is 16' and 9klbs..
and ive never pulled with a gooseneck or fifth wheel.. so im a lil confused on the push and pulling thing..

I have pulled a 10klb trailer with my truck in sig, but it wasnt very far 40-45 miles. And it did better than i thought especially to have 3.42s and with out trailer brakes..
BUT ILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!
Only reason i pulled it was because my boss's F150 pretty much couldnt.

 

i think you should let me drive your tbss to thr track, so that solves your trailor problem

 

haha do you think it would end up at the track or when he turned it you'd just floor it and go?

 

dAMN, tHOSE ARE SOME SWEET *** TRUCKS! Remember, dont tow in O/D !!!