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mato27 Enthusiast

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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?

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snarkee
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Love towing with this thing   Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk

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I towed our TT for the first time with the new 3/4 this weekend. I have to say on interstate and two lane the bigger truck does so much better. The big three push the half ton esp with the max tow

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Mckenzie Senior Enthusiast

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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

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Chris Senior Enthusiast

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Boat

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

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

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David_L6 Enthusiast

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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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JaBradt85 Enthusiast

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Big Boy Toys... lol

 

IMG_4146.jpgIMG_4148.jpg Heres a firewood pic.

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Pulling father in laws truck home.

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Damn, no squat with all that wood. Nice.

Davidsingletary Enthusiast

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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! :D

At least we can all say we love V8 engines here :cheers:

 

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

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doverarjim Senior Enthusiast

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I thought that I had posted this here before but cant find it so here it is, pulling buddys enclosed trailer. :jester:017.jpg

HEMICAT Enthusiast

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Daemmme Matt, way to work that Big Block! And Jim that trailer looks HEAVY, I see why you're smiling behind the wheel of that big duramax!

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