H3 Towing Stuff

[Hunner]

Originally Posted by Hummer23

Towing my snowmobile, on my way up to the high mtns in the early am

Since you run in snow a lot I was wondering if you have experimented with tire pressures. Like 22 lbs err what?

[Hummer23]

No I have never altered from the stock tires pressure. Probably should try though.
As far as trailer, my snowcat trailer is all alluminum and only weighs about 500 lbs, (gotta love alluminum) so even with 2 sleds on board (600 lbs each), I am only pulling less then 2000 lbs. Now it pulls that pretty nice, in fact with one sled , I barley notice it, but I still use D3 because I think it is much better to run at a little higher rpm all the time, instead of shifting aound too much.

[raptorman53]

Here's my usual hunting set up.

[evldave]

About 3 weeks ago, I pulled my haul trailer full of wood - it's 16'x7' and I stacked the wood ~2' high. It was about 1.5-2 cords of very wet wood. We estimated it around 6k pounds total wood & trailer (way over rated, but I was pretty careful). I pulled it 35 miles on winding country road (40 mph) and then another 60 miles on highway (60-70). Left it in 3rd gear the whole time and was very surprised at how well it towed - it wasn't a rocket at all, but handled hills well (downshifting) and had no issues.

note: I wouldn't recommend towing over rated weight. It's hard on the vehicle and very dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. I've been towing small & large loads for years and feel pretty comfortable. Even so, I was extra careful because of the weight.

[westhillsat]

[Hummer23]

I use my rig for everything. This is last Fall cutting firewood.

[Hummer23]