Towing 5000+lbs

[Schmids5.3l]

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Well Im towing a 2002 Acura RSX type S, It weighs around 2767 lbs. Were getting a rental trailer from Uhaul for $45 bucks a day, seems like a good deal. Trailer weighs 2,000lbs. But yeah, total weight is gonna be around 5000lbs, 60+ miles there, 60+ back. I've got the factory tow package (receiver hitch, 3:73's, and whatnot). I'm probobly gonna go to advance auto or autozone tommorrow and pick up a Reese hitch & ball.

 

Well the orignal plan was the car weighed 3400lbs, so that would have made the total weight around 5400, and I wasnt sure if I should go with the 10,000lb just to be safe, but I just found out the car only weighs 2767lbs, so yeah, I should be good with the 600/6000 hitch. I tow for the Army reserves so towings nothing new. But anyways, I should be good with the stock equipment right?

 

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[HawkeyeOC]

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Well Im towing a 2002 Acura RSX type S, It weighs around 3300-3600 lbs. Were getting a rental trailer from Uhaul for $45 bucks a day, seems like a good deal. But yeah, total weight is gonna be around 5500lbs, 60+ miles there, 60+ back. I've got the factory tow package (receiver hitch, 3:73's, and whatnot). I'm probobly gonna go to advance auto or autozone tommorrow and pick up a Reese hitch & ball. Only thing I've found online is 500/5,000, 600/6,000 and 10,000 lb hitches. All the 10,000lbs are 2" drops. I'd only feel safe going with the 10,000lb hitch. I know how to tow, I drive big rigs for the Army reserves, but what do you guys recomend for hitches? 600/600 will be fine or just go for 10,000??

 

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The 600/6000 will probably do just fine but I would go for the larger capacity hitch for several reasons.

 

Uhaul last time I looked had two different car haulers. Their older steel ones actually weigh 2800 lbs and their newer aluminium ones are 2000 lbs. When you pick anything up from uhaul you basically take what they have that day. You also never know when you might need to tow more later.

 

Your truck is more than up to the task of towing it. I used those trailers twice to tow a similiar weight vehicle with a smaller Dodge Dakota V8 I had. The trailers travel well over long distances.

[Schmids5.3l]

Well the trip went good, the truck knocked it out pretty easily. Towed in OD on the highway 90% of the trip, only downshifted twice on hills, burnt half a tank there and back. Driving thru the town we picked it up in (Cincinatti) wasn't too much fun, skinny roads and people drive like its Talladega.