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Originally Posted by mongocanfly
I've pulled my share of loads over the yrs..I've pushed the limits more times than I care to admit..
I pulled a racecar all over the place, as well as loaded horse trailers,campers ,4 wheelers,you name, it I pulled it with my bone stock 85 with a 305 and 2.73s
Truck wise you have a solid setup...but I'd say at 6500 ,your probably at the upper limits I'd feel comfortable with..
I pulled a tractor on trailer that weighed in around 7000 with my 99..although it pulled it just fine you could tell I was overloaded..wound up adding airbag helpers to the truck..
the bigger boats I've pulled have surge brake type hitches on them..those work great...are yours elec or surge?
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Current trailer are surge. But I'm looking to replace it at the end of the year, so not sure what the new one would come with. I haven't actually towed the thing anywhere yet, I left it at the marina last winter sitting on the trailer.
Yeah, in my head I'm thinking 5k is more of a 'safe' load for this truck. I've seen how the frames on these things can deflect, they're just not built like newer half tons.
I think there's also a difference between a <30 minute drive and a 3 hour drive.
Other option is to talk the wife into getting one of those C30 crew duallies I drool over
