TowRig.com - Diesel Discussion and Tow Tech

Somewhere, someone is towing an RV with a 72 Pinto, I just know it. :eek:

I'm towing with a 99' Burb and still have the original water pump:p

98 Burb here and I blew the crap out of my water pump. :D But I think you know that story.

How's this? A couple years ago, my goofy friend brought his pickup bed trailer out to my house for a load of wood. We used my truck to haul the wood out of the woods, but he pulled his loaded trailer home (30 miles) with the minivan in the background.:rolleyes: Wish I would have taken a pic of that. He later wised up and bought that truck from me.:)
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I am towing with a 98 chevy extended cab.

:eek: Thats the old style mini-van too, hope he didn't have to stop to quickly.

I towed a K5 blazer on a 20' trailer with another blazer. It was scary! :eek: :eek:

I towed a K5 blazer on a 20' trailer with another blazer. It was scary! :eek: :eek:How so? I towed a 1979 Ford F150 4x4 on a 17' trailer through rolling hills with my K5 that had 5/8ton rear springs, 10" of lift, and WIDE 35" boggers....did fine until I wrecked.rotfl

:eek: Thats the old style mini-van too, hope he didn't have to stop to quickly.

Definitely not the smartest idea in the world!

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1979 K10 LWB, Tired old 350/TH350/4:10's, 3" lift, 33" coopers. Towed this ~4000lb Uhaul 450 miles. What a nightmare! My old 12 bolt took a crap on the trip too, but I made it into town with it howling like an old dog. I also blew a fuse 50 miles into the trip and it killed the whole eletrical system (read: engine) and I had to pull over from highway speed with no power brakes or power steering. It took me putting all 145lbs of my skrawny arse on the brake pedal to stop and it still took me 1/4 mile. Fixed the fuse and off we went.

That truck was a money pit and a half! I'm glad I sold it!

I've towed a 19' boat that weighs around 3500# or more with an Extended cab S15. 65 MPH on the interstate was all the 2.8L engine wnated in fourth gear but it was fun.


I have also towed a four horse trailer with four horses in it with a lifted K5. That had the potential to be bad but luckly the roads were back roads with slow speed limits.

I've towed with this hunk of junk many times, although few of the times has it made it all the way to my destination.:rolleyes:

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I've towed with this hunk of junk many times, although few of the times has it made it all the way to my destination.:rolleyes:



Didn't you hack that POS to hell?;)

I've towed a 5500 lbs Army tracked personnel carrier called a Weasel, M-29, on a 1500 lbs trailer with a 4cyl S10. Now thats crazy.

Didn't you hack that POS to hell?;)

Heellllllllllllllll no, she's still sitting out back all in one piece. I could never cut something like that up. The only truck I've ever hacked up is the '75, and it was so trashed anyway it was pretty much like meat falling off the bone.

i towed an 84 TransAm from maryland to oklahoma with an 87 Dodge Caravan...

i have also towed a full size chevy truck on a flatbed with a 93 nissan truck...

and most recently i towed a 68 datsun truck with an 04 Chevy tracker...

when i was a kid, my mom towed a fully loaded tandem axle horse trailer with a 79 datsun 210 hatchback :D

later,
Chris

I know a guy that hauls a D6 bulldozer behind a dodge 3500. He does about 45 mph going down the road.

I'd love to see a pic of that.

There was a pic on another site of a guy in a Chevy hauling a D5. Some flamed the idea, others thought it was no biggie. Seems like a typical response.rotfl

There was a pic on another site of a guy in a Chevy hauling a D5. Some flamed the idea, others thought it was no biggie. Seems like a typical response.rotfl

I saw that, probably not the safest, but Id do it. A D6 sized machine is gettin close to crazy,although DRW is at least a step in the right direction.

Yea, i pull a d5, not a d6. That dozer is huge compared to his truck. The truck is a 4x4 so he may pull it down the road in 4 low.

Anybody know the weight of a d6 ?

If I see him and have a camera I'll post a picture waytogo

D6 operating weight averages from 35k to 40k depending on specs and options.

HOLY $DJALJFALFJ I didn't know they weight that much I figured 28k tops maybe 30k


I wonder how long before he breaks a trailer axle :eek:

Thought of another one.... Used to tow a '78 K20 mud truck with a C10 that had a very tired 305 and a 2.7X rear gear, on a very heavy trailer to boot. I believe the only thing that made it possible was the 4 speed's granny gear to get it all rolling. Oh, and of course no trailer brakes.:eek:

Its not really a trailer, but still a decent load.

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How about this:

http://photos.zuwharrie.com/users/sammi_davis/pontoon1.JPG

This is also a pretty common site at Zuwharrie.


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:eek: Damn, the truck goes through a green light while the first trailer goes through a yellow and then the 2nd trailer goes through a red light, perhaps attracting the police car. :D

Notice that it is a 1500 Chevy also. :eek:

I forgot about this pic of my Zuk towing the 24' flatbed to be used as a stage for a Zuwharrie event. :doah:

I live in El Centro, CA. Between here and San Diego is one of the nastiest grades I know. It's not as long as Grapevine, but it's probably steeper, and HOT. The road is scarred all over from vehicle overheating and burning to the ground. I once came upon a guy towing a goodsize boat up the hill with and old Aerostar van. He was pulled over steaming, and I stopped and he said he just goes a little ways til it gets hot then pulls over and lets it cool! Good grief, way to kill a motor...so i hooked to boat up to my gutless stock CA CTD and dragged it halfway to SD for him where it was downhill from there. I hope the boat didn't push him off a cliff....

I towed an 87 Jeep Cherokee from Delaware to Ohio and then to North Carolina with a 99 chevy venture (minivan). I then turned around a month later went back DE and picked up my 86 Cherokee and towed it to NC with the same van. This was with a fullsize trailer. I also towed a Toyota Rav 4 from Witchita Falls Texas (near Oklohoma border) to Georgia where I swapped the Rav 4 for a Lebaron and finished my trip to NC. Never had any troubles at all except with the people at Uhual. They said my van couldn't tow that much weight for all four of these vehicles. So I told them I was towing a 69 VW Beetle. The van had 105000 miles on it when My wife totaled it at Uwharrie and never had any trouble from it at all. Coming through the mountains with the cherokee was a little scary since the trailer had no brakes but we made it fine. I wish I had pictures of it all. Almost forgot, I bent my frame backing into my driveway with the 86 cherokee. The hitch sat close to the ground and it hit the pavement and did a little bit of bendage when backing into the driveway.

While Ive done some crazy towing stuff about the craziest thing Ive seen was a guy from FL that bought my turbo buick here in VA several years ago.

He rented a 2wd Ranger from Avis went home got his mini van and rented a U hual car trailer (they are NOT light weight by any means and use surge brakes) brought it home. He hooked the ranger to the trailer, drove from FL to south west VA, loaded up the buick (~3600lbs), then took off to Bristol, TN for a car show/race, and finally dragged the whole mess back to FL.

I thought the guy was insane but he called afterwords and said he made it just fine with no issues other than the ranger being a little down on tq (ya think?!?!?!?). Thank God he didnt need to make a quick stop or he'd still be wrecking to this day IMO.

I tow my boat all around town in my '85 Lesabre. I hardly even know it's back there until I look in my mirrors.

It can't weigh much more than 1200 lbs with trailer, though.

V8 307 (Olds) and 2.73 rear gears, so it isn't the fastest thing in the world regardless, but it doesn't seem to change much boat or no boat. Has a Class III/IV hitch, and it is rated to the full 1000/10,000WD. I have a set of airlift airbags in the rear coils for the heavy loads.

I've also pulled anything U-Haul has to offer with it when I need to move a load of dirt.

-Evildark

My dodge 3500 wasnt able the weight i needed so i moved up

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1979 K10 LWB, Tired old 350/TH350/4:10's, 3" lift, 33" coopers. Towed this ~4000lb Uhaul 450 miles. What a nightmare! My old 12 bolt took a crap on the trip too, but I made it into town with it howling like an old dog. I also blew a fuse 50 miles into the trip and it killed the whole eletrical system (read: engine) and I had to pull over from highway speed with no power brakes or power steering. It took me putting all 145lbs of my skrawny arse on the brake pedal to stop and it still took me 1/4 mile. Fixed the fuse and off we went.

That truck was a money pit and a half! I'm glad I sold it!

I know how you feel. I did the same thing with my old 78 K10 LWB, 350/sm465/np205, 4" lift, 33's. Towed that same exact type of trailer from Tucson to Flagstaff loaded with all of my worldly possessions. About 200 miles into the trip coming out of Camp Verde going up a hill, I went to shift into 4th and heard a loud bang and lost all power. Turns out I destroyed my u-joint between my driveshaft and 12bolt. Being a Sunday and knowing nothing was open and certainly not wanting to pay for a tow I just locked in the hubs and stuck it in 4HI and drove the remaining 60 miles to my new home, of course only going maybe 45mph. She got me there without so much as a hiccup and then got me to my new job the next day, till I was able to get it fixed on Tuesday. I sold it a few years ago, dayum I miss that truck.

selling these rigs but have built them both!

where did u go in WV


This is also a pretty common site at Zuwharrie.


http://bbs.zuwharrie.com/content?action=dlattach;topic=19483.0;attach=8483; image

i pulled 7800lbs with a 2003 ford ranger and i pulled a 941 cat loader with my boss man's 3500 chevy drw 454

The day I bought my 4Runner trail rig. . . . . .

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05 Tacoma double cab long wheel base.

i pulled 7800lbs with a 2003 ford ranger and i pulled a 941 cat loader with my boss man's 3500 chevy drw 454


what is the truck in your avatar ? i know it is a dodge but size and the thing on the cab