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I just bought a 20' enclosed Haulmark car trailer. I will be towing my '93 vette with it. The total weight will be 6,700 lbs. I have equalizer bars on the way. My truck is a '98 1500 4x4, ext. cab, 6.5' bed w/a cap and 5.7 litre. I would like opinions on how you guys think it's gonna do. I would especially like to hear from you guys who have towed as much or more w/ a truck similar to mine. BTW, I'm only towing this trailer with this truck 'till October, I"m getting a 2500HD in the spring.

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We towed a 16' Haulmark tandem loaded that weight about 7000lbs. with a 4.8 Sierra. The trailer would push the truck around on the interstate but we only pulled it about 10 miles at a time. The 350 should do just fine. We got another trailer and ended up buying the Dmax. It doesnt even break a sweat pulling the Haulmark.

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Add a little more here. The main problem towing here was that the Haulmark we have has the 6" extra height option and it pushes a lot of air. I dont think the weight was as much as a problem but more the air resistance. With a cap that should help you.

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You won't have any problems especially if you have 3:73 gears in the rear.I used to pull a 29' travel trailer that weighed about the same with my 97 K1500 Z71 and that truck was a MAN :smash:

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OK here's the update. The truck seems to be almost maxed out. It averages 9.3 MPG with this trailer. With the equalizer bars the suspension doesn't sag really much at all. The only problem is when I don't get a running start coming up to a hill the transmission makes a LOUD ping, I mean LOUD. The sound of metal hitting metal kinda sound. I checked the fluid and the u-joints and they're fine. I think my trans might be taking a little bit of a beating.

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I just bought a 20' enclosed Haulmark car trailer. I will be towing my '93 vette with it. The total weight will be 6,700 lbs. I have equalizer bars on the way. My truck is a '98 1500 4x4, ext. cab, 6.5' bed w/a cap and 5.7 litre. I would like opinions on how you guys think it's gonna do. I would especially like to hear from you guys who have towed as much or more w/ a truck similar to mine. BTW, I'm only towing this trailer with this truck 'till October, I"m getting a 2500HD in the spring.

My 98 Yukon tows my ZR-1s with ease on my open aluminum trailer.

I borrowed an enclosed 20 ft once and anything over 60 mph felt scary.

I have seen many towed with a 1/2 ton truck, just be careful.

tbyrne Senior Enthusiast

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I used a friend's '97 Suburban (5.7) to pull my 24" enclosed car hauler one day last year. The truck did it, but it wasn't happy about it. It was working to pull at 65-70 MPH and I was waiting for a little finger to come up on the dash when I tried to maintain speed while climbing hills. I'm used to pulling with something that has close to 200 more horsepower so it was a very noticeable difference to me.

 

Are you sure the pinging is coming from the tranny and not the engine (possible detonation)?

 

Tom

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The noise I hear is a clunk coming from the trans when it shifts gears while going up a hill w/the trailer. Usually it does it quitely but a few times it was very loud and could be heard over the radio.

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