tow rigs

[vandy0090]

How many of u guys use ur rig to tow. Either travel trailer or cover car haulers. I'm gong to end up with a diesel superduty for my towing but in the mean time I'm thinking about using the H. The alternative is sell the H buy the diesel.

So for y'all that do. How do they tow and what kind of weight do u have behind them?

[guruerror]

Here's some small potatoes...I frequently pull my 5x8 landscaping trailer with a 700 Polaris quad using the Tow/Haul feature. I 'know' it's there, but it doesn't seem to screw with my MPG or power too terrible much.

That said, I don't think our rigs (the gassers anyhow) are cut out for serious towing. That Vortec is already hauling around 6,600lbs...LOL...I bet it (and your wallet) will really start to strain once you put a travel trailer behind it.

But I've seen pics on here of those who do though, so let me shut up and let someone else comment.

[iwillnc]

I've pulled a very heavy pintle hitch trailer with a s10 blazer with mine, it seemed to pull that 6000+# load easier then my 1000# boat for whatever reason, however word of advice, I had to slam on my brakes with the S10, I locked all 4 tires and still skidded about 25 feet had to go over into the other lane to avoid hitting something..

GET TRAILER BRAKES

[PaHumBug]

I tow my 4500# boat with mine. Trailer brakes are a good idea on any heavy trailer; Usually any vehicle can pull more than it's supposed to, they just can't stop it. It def dogs it down a bit but it's not too bad, once up to speed you don't notice it back there. I had a roof box and a canoe on the top (not many vehicles you can fit both side by side and my boat behind me, went from PA to Tennessee, and I think I averaged 9.5 highway mpg for the whole 10 hour trip... Ouch.

[twinmill28]

I tow a 28 foot travel trailer with the deuce---drove from Ogden, Utah thru Vegas to Phoenix and on to the panhandle of Florida this summer. Truck and trailer weighed in at 14,400 pounds--so I was running a little heavy, but we were moving and living in the trailer for a month.
The deuce doesn't like pulling the trailer thru the big mountains, we regularly camped in Utah pulling roughly over 6,000 pounds loaded for camp, but it will still do it respectably if you slow down thru the passes; the worst pass saw me doing 20-25 to get over and that was going to our regular campground. Try running any faster and trans & engine temps start climbing rapidly.
Driving from Utah to Nevada in the middle of the summer (end of June) pulling the heavy weight was a bad idea, the truck ran hot and made for a long day of driving thru the desert. We had to drive between 45-50 to keep the eng./trans temps down, and ended up breaking a couple of exhaust manifold bolts by the time it was said and done. We did learn you can still run the a/c even in those temps and it made no difference to the deuce--just killed mileage even more, but who care's--it was freakin' hot!
That road trip saw us filling up at every 150 miles, maybe a couple more if I really wanted to see empty on the gauge. Total road trip was over 2400 miles, so do the math on what we paid in gas! Averaged 7 miles to the gallon.
I tried running a programmer when we first got the trailer, but didn't like the way it made the trans shift, and the increased power brought on increased temps. Turns out that just running premium fuel for pulling is all you need.

[twinmill28]

I forgot to mention, it's not "should" have brakes when towing a trailer---it's MUST have brakes! They're recommended for trailers towing over 3000 pounds, but trust me, don't put yourself in that situation of not knowing if you can stop in time in an emergency situation. Your life and everybody that has to share the road with you is counting on your preparation.