towing capacities

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message ...
1/4 mile?
Yeah, its very close, I would have to pull it about twice a year about
150 miles.

consider a receiver hitch
Thats what I have.
so you could reverse a drop hitch and raise the
Yeah that sounds reasonable.

You may choose to add some type of overlaod to your car. There are several
options.Hydraulic or air shocks are one.
My car has some sort of air shocks now, I have a load leveler system,
although I have no idea how effective they might be, sounds like I
should maybe go to a shock dealer and get an opinion?

For you the Timbren overlaods might be adequate.
I will look this up, Thanks
sacrifice your ride when not hauling the trailer.

If you take it very easy I doubt you would do any permanent damage to your
car by taking a single trial run to see what you need to do.
I plan to take a trial run for pulling, my tranny is supposed to
deliver 220 ft/pounds of torque so I am trying now to determine if
that is suffiecient to pull approx 3000 lbs or not.

I've already bought a heavy duty (5000lb towe capacity) transmission
cooler for my car ($41 at AutoZone) and will install before trying any
serious towing.
Thanks Very Much,Danny

I had an add-on transmission cooler on an RV which used hose clamps to hold
everything together. One worked loose, and I lost all of the oil and
eventually the transmission. I would recommend double clamping
everything....then routine checking. .
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"Dan" wrote in message
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
1/4 mile?
Yeah, its very close, I would have to pull it about twice a year about
150 miles.

consider a receiver hitch
Thats what I have.
so you could reverse a drop hitch and raise the
Yeah that sounds reasonable.

You may choose to add some type of overlaod to your car. There are
several
options.Hydraulic or air shocks are one.
My car has some sort of air shocks now, I have a load leveler system,
although I have no idea how effective they might be, sounds like I
should maybe go to a shock dealer and get an opinion?

For you the Timbren overlaods might be adequate.
I will look this up, Thanks
sacrifice your ride when not hauling the trailer.

If you take it very easy I doubt you would do any permanent damage to
your
car by taking a single trial run to see what you need to do.
I plan to take a trial run for pulling, my tranny is supposed to
deliver 220 ft/pounds of torque so I am trying now to determine if
that is suffiecient to pull approx 3000 lbs or not.

I've already bought a heavy duty (5000lb towe capacity) transmission
cooler for my car ($41 at AutoZone) and will install before trying any
serious towing.
Thanks Very Much,Danny


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Dan wrote:

I plan to take a trial run for pulling, my tranny is supposed to
deliver 220 ft/pounds of torque so I am trying now to determine if
that is suffiecient to pull approx 3000 lbs or not.

It's not ........... 220 ft/pounds from the transmission is not what you
will see at the ground from the rear end and that is what counts. Keep
in mind that torque also has to move your vehicle. As one person
pointed out you may have a problem just getting up a ramp. Just my
opinion but I think you are setting up a disaster looking for a place to
happen .............. good luck.

Jerry

Thanks to all for your posts. I have picked up my boat with my car and
took it home. Not the most pleasurable experience in the world. Pulled
just fine, but I had not put in the tranny cooler yet and it really
heated quickly. Motor seemed to have plenty of power. It was much more
stress on the car than I thought it would be. I will not be towing it
the 150 miles with my car, the test proved this would not be wise. I
will find a road with a pretty steep grade and see if I can pull it up
the grade (after I put the trans cooler on). Rememeber, once I get the
boat to the lake (150) miles I will only be towing 1/4 mile to where
it is stored. So if the test runs well I may use the car for pulling
in and out of the water at the lake. Thanks Again, Danny