Towing ?

87WhiteStang1 · Feb 23, 2009

wanted to get some advice before i blow my friends truck up... i was wondering if it would be okay to tow my stang to the track(about 20 miles) with my friends truck on a full size car trailer. the truck is a 2008 chevy 1500 4.3L v6...im guessing it's not a good idea. the towing for the truck is rated at 5600 i think.. let me know what you think!

90lxcoupe · Feb 23, 2009

Should be fine, a friend of myne tows his supra with a nissan murano doing like 85 donw the highway.

RsStanG1987 · Feb 23, 2009

why not just drive your car?

87WhiteStang1 · Feb 23, 2009

my friend offered to tow it just because...so i said sure...plus it wouldnt be a bad idea to have the trailer there incase anything goes wrong

RsStanG1987 · Feb 23, 2009

your car is pretty much bone stock.. not much going wrong there.

5.0Torx · Feb 23, 2009

itll be a little slow goin but im sure the truck can do it

aar0s · Feb 23, 2009

going wouldnt be the problem, can the truck stop with that much weight behind it? does the trailer have brakes on it? thats what id be worried about.

5.SL0W · Feb 23, 2009

why spend the time and bs to tow a stock fox 20 miles so you can hear all the bowtie guys talk about your ford getting towed by a chevy?

25thmustang · Feb 23, 2009

I agree, the towing is not necessary, but if he offers, go for it. That truck should be fine, we did it 120-150 miles each way with a 1991 Chevy Blazer with a 4.3 NON vortec TBI motor.

5.SL0W · Feb 23, 2009

25thmustang said:
I agree, the towing is not necessary, but if he offers, go for it. That truck should be fine, we did it 120-150 miles each way with a 1991 Chevy Blazer with a 4.3 NON vortec TBI motor.

haha yep, it will totally work.

87WhiteStang1 · Feb 23, 2009

you guys are probably right i think il just drive it...thank you to the guys that answered me(nicely)

cenok is family · Feb 23, 2009

i used to haul around a few mustangs i used to have in my dad's old 96 dodge ram with a v6, i'm sure in 08 chevy can do it.

bentley429 · Feb 23, 2009

Good choice on driving it.

5.SL0W · Feb 23, 2009

definitely a good choice man haha, dont give em any more ammo than they already have haha

blackened88lx · Feb 24, 2009

RsStanG1987 said:
your car is pretty much bone stock.. not much going wrong there.

Haha, famous last words before I had to call AAA 120 miles from home.

I suggest driving it anyway. You could always have your friend just bring the trailer in case it breaks.

bynummustang · Feb 24, 2009

blackened88lx said:
I suggest driving it anyway. You could always have your friend just bring the trailer in case it breaks.

That's what I'd do.

25thmustang · Feb 24, 2009

We used to tow a low 14 high 13 second fox, only because we had the means to do so!

90lxcoupe · Feb 24, 2009

i towed my car to the track when it ran 13's. some redneck dude comes up talking ****... "what did it run" me:"13.50's" "kinda slow. why'd you trailer it?" Everyone's always got something to say, but being an hour from the track, anything can go wrong. I wasnt planning on the car breaking, but you never know. You could catch a flat, alternator/battery could die... who knows.

There was once that i didnt trailer it, and i ended up dropping a valve and had to wait an hour for a tow truck, then took an hour drive home, that night sucked, but i did have AAA, and i got a swweet piston/valve paperweight out of the deal

5.SL0W · Feb 24, 2009

blackened88lx said:
Haha, famous last words before I had to call AAA 120 miles from home..

hahaha riding bitch in the back seat of that tow truck sucked so bad

Gearbanger 101 · Feb 24, 2009

Assuming you do change your mind again and decide to tow it, I would make sure you buddy at the very least has some sort of external transmission cooler. That 4.3L is going to be working its ass off as it is, there's no sense taking a chance at overheating the transmission in the process.

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