Trailering

My 2500 Duramax clocks in around 7000 lbs with 3:41 gears gets 17 empty and 13 towing Shearwater (7500 lbs fully loaded)

My original tow vehicle was a 1500 two door Tahoe with 6.5 diesel. Did a good job but I had beefed it up a bit.

stevej
 
stevej":2q69ba4v said:
My 2500 Duramax clocks in around 7000 lbs with 3:41 gears gets 17 empty and 13 towing Shearwater (7500 lbs fully loaded)
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Finally got a couple hundred miles towing the Jenny B with my 2500 Duramax/Allison and I get about the same as Stevej. 14 mpg towing the lighter C-22.

Grade? What grade?
 
Gary:

I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine (I've had over 20 Jeeps). I liken it to what they say about a Jack Russel Terrier: "A big dog in a little dog body . . ." It is amazing all that little truck will do. If they come out with that Gladiator, there's another Jeep in my future though. If you're a Jeep person, send me your address through the forum and I'll send you a DVD of a Jeep (Wrangler in this case) adventure (1 hour).
 
Well I wish I had never sold my 61 Willys PU. That was such an awsome little truck. It had a Chev 307 mated up to the stock 4 speed and twinstick transfer case. Then it had a over/under on it besides. You could put it in gear in low range and get out and walk next to it while it idled up a hill. Simply amazing. Of course its top speed was a whopping 72 mph! But the 5 mpg was a killer and it had major rust problems. So I traded it in to get my Harley.

Later I got a Wrangler Renegade that was just so so. The GC was actually an increadable car. The 318 had so much power it was amazing. It was like driving a big muscle car and it was all stock. This one was definitely not built on a friday! And even with the awsome power we still avereaged over 14mpg in combined driving. It would get 20 on long hauls fully loaded and pulling my little 14' Columbian up to the Kamloops area in Canada. My wife really loved that car, but she wore it out so it was time to replace it.
 
Know the feeling. Some of the old MB's and 2A's I bought (2-$300) are now in the stratosphere in price. At one time I had 4 running and 6 for parts.

The gas Liberty won't have that kind of power although the diesel probably would (low end torque). It's still an amazing little truck in it's own way though.
 
That Gladiator is one sweet lookin' rig! I love it! Very classic look. One thing I'm wondering about tow rigs is that we have a '95 GMC Jimmy with V-6 and towing pkg...but our current boat is a lot lighter that our CD will be. Hope it will tow a CD22 or we'll have to put off the CD and get the bigger truck first. That would hurt...the wait for the CD is killing me as it is.

Rick
 
You'll probably be like I and the rest of the folks with V6's are: fine, as long as you're not in a hurry (why be in a hurry with a CD).
 
My son towed a 6500 boat with his 4.3 V6. It was in the small GMC Van and had the factory tow package and the 4:10 rear.
I had the same van in the work version with the 3:78 gears towing a little over 5000 and it was just a little weak.
 
Most rigs can tow most anything --- BUT --- can your little jeep, car, or truck get that towed rig to stop in less than a mile.

good luck and be safe

Jim
:cocktail :cigar
 
You can always tell a jeep owner.....you just cant tell him much!!!
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My wifes toyota has 295,000 miles and a lot of that is over the rubicon. Ahe even installed her own lift kit and is the only one of your wheeling friends not to roll over. If I can get another 100,000 out of the ford I will have here beat!! :thup
 
teflonmom":3ivq8miv said:
My son towed a 6500 boat with his 4.3 V6. It was in the small GMC Van and had the factory tow package and the 4:10 rear.
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So did I.....with a Chevy Astro Van towing the former "Sea Shift" (a 16' Cruiser) to the Shasta Lake Gathering a few years back. Ended up having the blown Astro Van and boat towed away. Purchased another Astro Van (to keep my wife happy). Then purchased the Dodge Cummins as my wife won't allow any more towing with an Astro Van. (In the long run, I got the "much better deal"! ....'course had to move up to the 22' cruiser. :wink
 
DaveS":1pedx6fv said:
teflonmom":1pedx6fv said:
My son towed a 6500 boat with his 4.3 V6. It was in the small GMC Van and had the factory tow package and the 4:10 rear.
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So did I.....with a Chevy Astro Van towing the former "Sea Shift" (a 16' Cruiser) to the Shasta Lake Gathering a few years back. Ended up having the blown Astro Van and boat towed away. Purchased another Astro Van (to keep my wife happy). Then purchased the Dodge Cummins as my wife won't allow any more towing with an Astro Van. (In the long run, I got the "much better deal"! ....'course had to move up to the 22' cruiser. :wink
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But the 16 on a trailer weighs less than 1600 lbs. Hard to believe that was the cause of the van's demise. Are you sure you didn't have a hand in that just to convince the wife of the upgrade to the truck which you knew could later result in the upgrade to the bigger boat? :lol: :mrgreen:
 
rogerbum":7u0qaoy4 said:
But the 16 on a trailer weighs less than 1600 lbs. Hard to believe that was the cause of the van's demise. Are you sure you didn't have a hand in that just to convince the wife of the upgrade to the truck which you knew could later result in the upgrade to the bigger boat? :lol: :mrgreen:
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I'll admit that the van had a few miles on it, but I did believe it to be in better shape than average. Since, Carol REALLY liked the Astro Van and she was in Florida at the time, I had no choice but to purchase another Astro Van. and the newer van did pull the 16' back from California over the pass with little problem. Yes, we did have designs on a "bigger boat" and certainly after that experience I had NO problem in convincing her of the need for a Dodge Diesel......in her words......"either buy a new truck or sell the boat"....definitely a no brainer. :lol:
 
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