What's a good DD that can Tow

[john]

^^^I was going to mention the same thing on the car trailer weights. Alot heavier than you will expect. Mine is all steel and I cannot drag it a foot up to my truck.

Why don't you just keep your Saab and get a 95 Ram for $1500. Will be plenty of towing power and well under your budget. Last time I went to the dump I had a bed full of concrete and clocked in at a little over 10,300 pounds. I have also pulled my loaded car trailer onto the scale and clocked in at just under 15,000. Truck has over 220k miles and is still on the original tranny even with my abuse.

I would rather get a vehicle meant to do some work and drive around in a car I enjoy. Insurance on an extra vehicle would be cheap as it is an "extra." My ram is $180 or so for 6 months and the ford F150 is around $150 (24 years old).

[Speedfreak]

Yeah, I'd second getting a cheap tow rig. Maybe something like our diesel van or anything diesel for that matter.

However if that isn't an option, then whatever you get, put a tranny cooler on it, and maybe an oil cooler as well.

[tehehodi]

i liked my 02 oldsmobile bravada, or trailblazer, envoy, 9-7x, ascender....theres a forum for them if you want to research towing...i've seen them pull some boats.....good in price i think..

www.trailvoy.com i think is the forum.

[SnoEclipse]

How much tounge/tow weight?

An Outlander/Endeavor might be 'good enough' if you use a two axle trailer.

[munchgsx]

If you want to tow a car you need a truck designed to tow. Not a big car with 4wd.


I'll sell you my 01 Sierra for 8k today. :tongue:
My car trailer weighs 1920 and with the car it weighs 5200 and the old 5.3 pulls it and still gets 16mpg. That is after the CAI, headers, exhaust and Hi-Tech. It doesn't squat, it doesn't sway. In fact with the cruise set at 70 you forget it's there at all. I've looked in the mirror a couple of times about to get pissed that some dick in a DSM is following so close.

[Halon]

I can't get a 3rd vehicle. I live in a townhouse community. My Talon and my roomates FC are in the garage. And our DD's are in the driveway. There is simply no where to put it, which is why I'm saying it'd have to replace the Saab.

If I had room, no doubt that'd be what I'd do. But I don't, so I've ruled that out.

[ABV]

Where are you going to store the trailer and the boat? Park the truck on the trailer (I assume you can maybe do that)...

[ABV]

Also, you might want to run the numbers... It might be cheaper to rent, borrow, or beg for a truck a couple times a year than to buy something big and upgrade it with trans cooler etc. plus pay more for gas and maintanence year round.

[tehehodi]

oh oh oh oh....VW toureg just came to mind....mmmmm


that shoudl be enough power right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05zRyoBbcfI

[A//// Guy]

Yea im going to go with renting as an option if its only used a couple weekends a summer. Or borrow from a buddy to launch a boat etc. Pretty sure my brother would loan you his tahoe to do that kind of stuff..