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it weighs right around 2,200 pounds.

 

Don't forget the weight of the trailer or dolly.

 

 

 

It's not the pulling power you have to wory about. It's the ability of the towing vehicle to be able to handle and stop after almost doubling it's weight. Think worst case... steep long down hill with curves. Brake drums are heat soaked and you round the next corner to find it blocked and you have to panic stop. Will the suspension and brakes have enough in reserve to do the job? If you have some kind of towing package it should state the maximum load that's capable of being towed by your goon. Do not exceed it. Besides being illegal it'd dangerous.

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Don't forget the weight of the trailer or dolly.

 

 

 

It's not the pulling power you have to wory about. It's the ability of the towing vehicle to be able to handle and stop after almost doubling it's weight. Think worst case... steep long down hill with curves. Brake drums are heat soaked and you round the next corner to find it blocked and you have to panic stop. Will the suspension and brakes have enough in reserve to do the job? If you have some kind of towing package it should state the maximum load that's capable of being towed by your goon. Do not exceed it. Besides being illegal it'd dangerous.

 

 

cool cool, so if i wanted to tow a car with the wagon, your saying make sure i got disk brakes on front and rear. and good suspension.

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If you have some kind of towing package it should state the maximum load that's capable of being towed by your goon. Do not exceed it. Besides being illegal it'd dangerous.

 

Your vehicle will have a rating for what it can safely tow. This cannot be exceeded. Adding springs and brakes will not change this in the eyes of the law. If you are pulled over you may have to go to the next weigh station and be checked or if it's obviously over loaded you will be ticketed and have to tow it home some other way. Just asying....

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People on this forum tow things dangerously all the time. I don't.

 

You want the tow car to weigh twice what it is towing.

700lb dolly, 2200 lbs car. You need a 6000 tow rig to safely stop in the situation listed above. Not even a 4x4 V6 Frontier is that heavy.

Get a full size truck!!!!

 

You're going to be jack-knifed into the back of some family's minivan

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bad idea. get a budy with a full size truck. pulling it and stopping it is not the problem. given enough time and distance you can pull anything. the problem occurs when those situations arise that you do not expect like some person cutting you off and panic stops. save yourself, the other person involved in the accident you are going to cause, your drift slut, your 610 and get at the very least a 1/2 ton truck.

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