Lets See Some Towing Pics!

mato27 · July 29, 2010

Here's my new truck and my trailer.....love both.

Very nice setup! Did you ever pull that same trailer w/ a 1500?

Yes I did and it was alright but it down shift going up a slight hill all the time......it only weights 5000 lbs. Now with this 2500 HD Diesel & Allison transmission I don't even know it's there........

What kind of MPG's are you getting with the new truck when towing your trailer?

Mckenzie · July 29, 2010

i saw a 8-9 year old ford ranger hauling one of those chevy vans from the 90's and im guessing that little truck was pulling atleast 6000 lbs trailer and all

KantKwit · August 24, 2012

added a few more things to haul

Chris · August 24, 2012

Boat

Horse Trailer- Taken on a piss break in Famoso, CA around the corner from the drag strip

Travel trailer, Was testing lights when this was taken, it wasn't a fun tow

Edited August 24, 2012 by chawkins6789

David_L6 · August 24, 2012

Don't think I have any pictures of my current truck towing anything. Here's a picture of my old truck ('08 with 5.3) and my 7 X 16 (+3' V nose) enclosed trailer....

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David_L6 · August 24, 2012

Found a picture of my new truck. 2012 crew cab NHT with my 6 X 10 (+2' V nose) enclosed trailer.

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8.1HD/ALLISON · August 24, 2012

Big Boy Toys... lol

Heres a firewood pic.

Pulling father in laws truck home.

Edited August 24, 2012 by 8.1HD/ALLISON

manley · August 25, 2012

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JaBradt85 · August 25, 2012

Big Boy Toys... lol

Heres a firewood pic.

Pulling father in laws truck home.

Damn, no squat with all that wood. Nice.

Davidsingletary · August 25, 2012

I know you all will love this one!

I recently moved...in August from GA to NC, just outside Charlotte.

Had to drag the 'ol Ford "race car" up here too haha.

It's my brother's Cobra, but inherently; I do a lot of the work on it because I have all the tools and know-how

It's a 96 with a kenne bell supercharger on it. Dyno'd at 373hp/353tq at 8 lbs of boost and methanol. Of course, that was a hot summer day and heat soaked.

However, back on track. I towed it some 250 miles. We dropped the tranny for the 3rd time last week. Meaning we had a drop, install, drop, install, and now drop...with another install pending

Long story, probably belongs in another thread and topic.

When I worked for Honda I loved to tell my ricer co-workers that I had a car with more supercharger displacement than their engine!

At least we can all say we love V8 engines here

I wish I had taken a better picture for you all. Let me explain: I had the Cobra (~3200lbs) and the car was packed with things (tv's small furniture, etc ~500lbs) I had a couch, microwave, table, etc in the back of my truck (~500lbs) and the inside of my truck, what little cab room there is, was packed with another (~700lbs) of miscellaneous things. Including my good self, free weights, bar bell and dumb bells...and strangely enough my boulder collection (talk about dead weight!)

Not including the car dolly itself, I had to move that sucker to get it lined up! I think I can be safe in estimating that the dolly is somewhere around (800-1000lbs)

So all told, I had around 5700lbs; and that is a very, very conservative number, added to my already 4500lb truck. Towing went smoothly, had a few "Oh crap!" moments when passing the semi's

Kept her in tow/haul and she only downshifted when going up hills. There are a lot of hills up 85N between Atlanta and Charlotte!

I was going 75 mph the whole trip. Around 2,000 rpms when cruising and pushed/downshifted to around 3,000 rpms for the hills.

I am proud to say, this was my first major haul. I had to buy a receiver/hitch and bolt it on. I also put in a 4-pin harness on my last day at work while I had access to my lift.

Keep up the good towing everyone, gotta represent all us '99 and up body styles too ya know

1500, 5.3 power all the way

Edited August 25, 2012 by Davidsingletary