Remember you aren't just towing a 3400lb car, you are also towing a 1200lb
trailer, which puts you up to 4600lb which puts you up to spitting distance
of the 5150lb limit for a 4x4 with the 3.55 rear end. Then if you have any
weight in the box of the truck you have to take this into account. Your
truck will probably do it without any problems, but it is a good idea to
remember that there is always additional weight somewhere. Spare gas,
tools, and canopies all eat into your max vehicle weight.
2001 Intense Blue CC 4x4 4.7l 5-speed
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Stolarz [mailto:jstolarz@loa.com]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:05 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Re: Towing with a 01 dak?'s....
I don't see a problem.. Most of the weight will be on the double axels of
the trailer. At the very most, you might have a 400 pounds on the tounge,
but it probaly wouldn't even be that much. The 4.7 is very capable of
pulling 3400 pounds...
Josh
""Brent Barts"" <brentbarts@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F295gOWpWpPcrp28uHi0000fdfb@hotmail.com...
> HI all-i called uhaul the other day to find out about towing a car with my
> truck. I have a 01 dakato 4X4 with the 4.7 club cab....and they said i
> couldn't tow a autotransport with it. The auto transport i want to tow is
> the four wheel one and i want to put a 3400 pound Z car on it. They said
> the most i could tow would be something like a geo or civic. What's the
> story here? Are they smoken somethen? Will it hurt my truck to pull this
> trailer (like axles-tires-transmission) with my Dakota? BTW i have the
1450
> pound standard payload.
> Thanks
> Brent
> 01 Dak cc 4X4 V8
>
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