Ok. Not the smartest move I've ever done but I pulled a early 70s C/10 long bed Chevy pickup on a u haul trailer with my old 4.7 Dakota QC 4x4. It did not like it, but it did it.....
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"M.B." <mailinglists@moparhowto.com> wrote:
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>If you have the 3.92 rear end and the factory tow package, which this
>did not, you can hit 6200. His truck had the 3.55 rear end with the
>lighter 1450lb payload leaf springs, which puts it at 5200 max tow with
>a GCWR of 9500lb per the FSM.
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>This was a full size car trailer and those usually run a couple thousand
>pounds by themselves, plus the Spirit, plus all his belongings stuffed
>in the Spirit (there wasn't room to fit another shoebox in the cabin or
>trunk of the Spirit) plus probably another 750-1000lbs in the bed.
>Assuming the Spirit weighed 2800lbs bone dry, and the trailer a
>conservative 1500lbs, with all the stuff inside of the Spirit hopefully
>being under ~500lb, he might be under the tow rating, barely.
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>Considering the extended cab was stuffed with belongings behind the
>seats, plus the bed packed full, plus himself and his Dad who co-drove
>sitting in the front, he'd still be way, way over the GCWR.
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>Let's just say they got flashed a lot by people who thought they had
>their headlights on high beam when they didn't, because the rear end was
>so low the headlights were practically signaling passing aircraft. :)
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>M.B.
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>On 07/02/2011 04:14 AM, Andrew Kelsey wrote:
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>>> Not that I'd recommend it, I'm sure he was WAY over the GCWR for the
>>> truck.
>>>
>>> M.B.
>>>
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>> I believe the dakota is rated 6100 lbs for towing. I think your friend
>> was well within the limits with that Spirit.
>>
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