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I wouldn't do it. I have towed several times with my '64Dog D100, the last trip being a '91Taurus over the Rockies. Every time I finish a tow like that I say, "Never again."

But here's a couple of things to think about...
1. The tow cars you saw in the adverts above were C-bodies. They were bigger.
2. U-Haul won't rent you a trailer. I had to show up to get the trailer in my 4wd Suburban because the computer said my half-ton wasn't big enough.
3. Unlike your B-body, my D100 has a frame.
4. I'm not worried about you stopping, trailer brakes take care of that. Instead, I'm worried about those long downhill stretches where the trailer starts "driving" the car. Towing a FJ40 Land Cruiser with the D100 I had to air the rear tires up to 60psi to make them stiff enough to resist the trailer trying to steer.

I'm a bit of a cowboy and will try things that others wouldn't, but I'd not even think of what you're doing.

R.

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I sometimes forget the soggy springs a lot of guys have in their old cars. I have real stout springs in the back of mine. My frame (as skrawny as I am) barely can move my rear bumped up and down when pushing with all my weight on the trunk lid.

I guess another thing to consider as well is back in the day everyone used their cars for hauling. Plenty of old mopars had hitches and towed trailers. Maybe not 5500 pounds but they did tow.

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I have a random question about moving some cars across the country related to the towing capacity of our old muscle cars.

Who here has hauled a classic mopar with another classic mopar?

I have a 71 roadrunner (383 auto) and a 69 coronet (318 auto).

Why couldn’t I drive one and pull the other one on a trailer?

I am in the planning mode and this will not happen anytime soon, but the “trip” would be 2400 miles.

Any other ideas about moving these two cars across the states?

I could get a 40’ trailer and haul them both at the same time with a truck, but that sounds risky too.

Your thoughts?

Eightlitermopar

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I wouldn't do it. I have towed several times with my '64Dog D100, the last trip being a '91Taurus over the Rockies. Every time I finish a tow like that I say, "Never again."

But here's a couple of things to think about...
1. The tow cars you saw in the adverts above were C-bodies. They were bigger.
2. U-Haul won't rent you a trailer. I had to show up to get the trailer in my 4wd Suburban because the computer said my half-ton wasn't big enough.
3. Unlike your B-body, my D100 has a frame.
4. I'm not worried about you stopping, trailer brakes take care of that. Instead, I'm worried about those long downhill stretches where the trailer starts "driving" the car. Towing a FJ40 Land Cruiser with the D100 I had to air the rear tires up to 60psi to make them stiff enough to resist the trailer trying to steer.

I'm a bit of a cowboy and will try things that others wouldn't, but I'd not even think of what you're doing.

R.

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I agree & Dogdays hit the nail on the head. My 71 W100 (now 1 ton), doesn't haul like my 02 Cummins did, but sure looks nostalgia & gets the thumbs up when hauling something.

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I wouldn't do it. I have towed several times with my '64Dog D100, the last trip being a '91Taurus over the Rockies. Every time I finish a tow like that I say, "Never again."

But here's a couple of things to think about...
1. The tow cars you saw in the adverts above were C-bodies. They were bigger.
2. U-Haul won't rent you a trailer. I had to show up to get the trailer in my 4wd Suburban because the computer said my half-ton wasn't big enough.
3. Unlike your B-body, my D100 has a frame.
4. I'm not worried about you stopping, trailer brakes take care of that. Instead, I'm worried about those long downhill stretches where the trailer starts "driving" the car. Towing a FJ40 Land Cruiser with the D100 I had to air the rear tires up to 60psi to make them stiff enough to resist the trailer trying to steer.

I'm a bit of a cowboy and will try things that others wouldn't, but I'd not even think of what you're doing.

R.

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I agree & Dogdays hit the nail on the head. My 71 W100 (now 1 ton), doesn't haul like my 02 Cummins did, but sure looks nostalgia & gets the thumbs up when hauling something.

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Triggerfish thats a SWEEET ride! Also, the dogs are purty

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Do they even make a hitch for that car that is up to the class rating?

Hitch Measurements

Class 1 (Class I) trailer hitch Trailer hitch with capacity of up to 2,000 lbs gross trailer weight and 200 lbs tongue weight.

Class 2 (Class II) trailer hitch Trailer hitch with weight-carrying rating of up to 3,500 lbs gross trailer weight and 300/350 lbs tongue weight.

Class 3 (Class III) trailer hitch Trailer hitch with weight carrying rating of up to 5,000 lbs gross trailer weight and 500 lbs tongue weight. Also sometimes used to refer to a hitch with any 2" receiver, regardless of rating.

Class 4 (Class IV) trailer hitch Trailer hitch with weight carrying rating of up to 10,000 lbs gross trailer weight and 1,000 - 1,200 lbs tongue weight. Although many times any hitch with a capacity greater than 5,000 lbs gross weight is referred to as a Class 4.

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The key point here is "up to" means WITH a weight distributing hitch; a Class IV hitch without the bars is rated at only 500 lbs deadweight and 5000 lbs towing.

The proper tongue weight isn't 10%, it is 12 - 15% which with a 1500 lb open trailer and a 4000 lb car is 660 - 825 lbs...DEFINETLY class IV WITH WD bars.

I would never tow that much weight with any unibody vehicle.

Yes, it isn't about power, it's about brakes, suspension and tires.

All in all, it's a bad idea; sure they did it 45 years ago but now speeds are higher and the other cars on the road stop faster.

If a person was bent on doing it, you'd need to ensure you had a proper class IV hitch designed for the vehicle, ensure the unibody is solid, use a WD hitch setup, ensure the trailer brakes are in good condition, use a decent brake controler, ensure the towing cars DISK brakes are in good shape and use airbags or HD springs to level the load....oh yeah and new tires with the appropriate weight ratings aired to max (or a little beyond)

...oh yeah, and keep the speed down...way down.



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Isn't that what people used to do at one time?

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Yeah! It wasn't very long ago that I saw an old video from the Mopar Nationals. I think it was 1985. The person was filming the cars as they came in the main gate at National Trails. I was amazed at how many of the vehicles were towed in behind station wagons and c-bodies. Back then, duallies were not seen very often and we still didn't have the Cummins 5.9.