As far as I know, my bumber hitch is rated for 3500 pounds. My manual sais my truck can tow 3500 pounds with just my bumber hitch and no tow package. Does this sound correct or am i wrong? Reason I am asking is because I have found a 77 westfalia about 600 miles from where I live. It has no engine so it weighs close to 3500 pounds. I want to tow it home with a tow dollie (which only has a couple pounds of toung weight) back to my place. Is my engine/tranny capable of this? Do I need a tow package? Anything else? I will be doing this sometime this winter so its likely the temperature will be below freezing (im from canada) if this makes any difference. Thanks for any help.

 

do it, drive slow and pray you dont grenade : ) also I wouldnt be so worried about the power.. look more into BRAKES! a lot more important to stop then to go haha

 

Yup. btw, lets hope your bumper isn't rusty and all that. otherwise, you should be good to go. take your time, be aware of your surroundings.

 

What like this?...



Talking from experiance (both with ^ car and my 69 bug that I flat towed in Colorado winter)

Dont do it. There is simply too much stuff to be towed and not enough truck to tow it. I have huge arse brakes on my truck, but the rear end would lift and sorta jacknife if I tried to stop too fast.

My bug I tried to tow over Cumberland pass in Colorado in the dead of December. 12,000 ft and ten foot of snow on the ground. It was all fine and dandy until I had some idiot stop infront of me. From a stop, going uphill on ice I could not get traction. Chains, weight in the bed, nothing. Had to turn it around and do it again several weeks later.

I towed the celica at 60mph for about 14 miles. going wasnt the problem, any lane change, or slowing down wanted to lift the back of the truck. Just not enough truck for a heavy tow.

Take it for whats its worth, and just be safe.

Oliver R.

 

how experienced are you with towing? that makes a big difference too.

The truck is more than capable to get it moving, stopping again is the real problem.

I towed 5500lbs between trailer and cargo (some in the truck bed) 350 miles with a leaky radiator and 105*f temps but that was with good surge brakes on the trailer, air shocks on the truck to keep off the bump stops, and stopping as soon as I hit 40 mph to redistribute weight due to the trailer swaying.

that was also interstate (not many/bad hills) and light traffic most of the way. even interstate grade hills were a battle between deceleration and length of the hill and I never had to start moving on anything but level ground.

I'm also not sure I had both timing guides. I just replaced the whole 9 yards around there cause the DS rail was shattered, no idea how long it's been that way.

 

just rent a big arse truck!!! rent a new ford f-150 or better yet, a diesel f-250!!! that way you know your safe... i know 600 miles might come out to be some cash but still, you'd be safer!