Towing ?

[87WhiteStang1]

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]

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

 

[RsStanG1987]

why not just drive your car?

 

[87WhiteStang1]

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]

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

 

[5.0Torx]

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

 

[aar0s]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[cenok is family]

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]

Good choice on driving it.

 

[5.SL0W]

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

 

[blackened88lx]

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]

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]

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

 

[90lxcoupe]

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]

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]

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.