Trailer Hitch Help!
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Trailer Hitch Help! - 4/5/2008 9:10:03 AM
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BlazerSS
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Okay guys, I have an emergency here. I have never towed anything in my life but had planned to buy a hitch and rent a camper a few times this summer. Well I know have a friend stranded in Charleston IL on their way to Kentucky when the timing belt on the car they were driving to tow a fishing boat blew. So I need to get a hitch and fast. I want the toughest on the market for the S10 Blazer. I had been looking at Draw Tite pn#75079 which is rated as a Class IV hitch. I don't care about if it's hidden or not, as long as it can tow close to 5,000lbs. Any different suggestions? I need to get this bought and installed by tonite hopefully.
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RE: Trailer Hitch Help! - 4/5/2008 5:01:43 PM
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a_tack
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A good Class III will be fine. Your blazer is not rated to tow anything a class III wont handle. I personally wouldn't be towing 5000lbs very far with an s-10 blazer after seeing how they handle a 3,300lb boat (my pro-craft). Also, your blazer having a 5-speed reduces your tow capacity to somewhere in the 3200-3500lb range. If you hook 5,000lbs to it, have fun replacing the clutch and other tranny parts. For the money, Hidden Hitch makes a good hitch as does reese. I have the hidden hitch and have used the safety chain holes to tow strap other vehicles out of ditches. Also have pulled almost 5000lbs with no trouble. However, I will never do it again, the truck is simply not made to do this.
To put it bluntly, DO NOT PULL 5000lbs WITH A BLAZER! ESPECIALLY A MANUAL!!!!!!!! just a friendly warning, don't want you breaking anything...
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RE: Trailer Hitch Help! - 4/5/2008 7:34:53 PM
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WolfPack
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Step 1: Rent a full size truck from Enterprise.
Step 2:Make sure it has the towing package
Step 3: ?????
Step 4: PROFIT...or towing your buddy home 
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RE: Trailer Hitch Help! - 4/5/2008 10:36:15 PM
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Chevy Lover
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Check your owners' manual....
Towing capacity for 2 WD, Manual trans, 3.42 gears is 4,100 lbs.
Towing capacity for 4WD, Manual trans, 3.42 gears is 3,900 lbs.
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RE: Trailer Hitch Help! - 4/5/2008 11:31:33 PM
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Taymacjack
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quote:
ORIGINAL: WolfPack
Step 1: Rent a full size truck from Enterprise.
Step 2:Make sure it has the towing package
Step 3: ?????
Step 4: PROFIT...or towing your buddy home
step 3: steal underpants...
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RE: Trailer Hitch Help! - 4/6/2008 8:20:35 AM
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a_tack
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Chevy Lover
Check your owners' manual....
Towing capacity for 2 WD, Manual trans, 3.42 gears is 4,100 lbs.
Towing capacity for 4WD, Manual trans, 3.42 gears is 3,900 lbs.
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yep, those are the numbers I was looking for...lol I couldn't remeber... guess I kinda lowballed it! Chevy Lover can tow anything he wants with that beast! I'd be pulling fouses off their foundation if he'd just drive to the states and trade me trucks!
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"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath." -James 1:19
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