How much weight can it tow?

[Cap'n Hook]

Originally Posted by dubds10

Well it's looking like I may be hauling almost 10,000lbs. My one trailer is between 4-5000lbs dry weight plus the suburban with is another 4-5000lbs with all the extra parts. Figured out I need to put a different hitch on the blazer and rewire everything, so I'll be cutting out the current hitch and welding in a new one out back with new hook ups.

I guess we'll see how it goes for towing 9,000+lbs for 100miles. Original TH350 tranny and 3:73 rearend with a 350 crate motor with around 50,000 miles. If only I had my toy hauler built already lol Make life so much simpler...oh well.

First, what kind of trailer do you have that is 5K pounds empty weight? I have a 20' car hauler with steel deck, 2 and 5/16ths hitch with 5K lb drop leg, and 2-5200 lb axles that is only 2700 lbs empty!

Second, I would NEVER dream of putting 10K lbs behind my 39 year old half-ton rated Jimmy with the short wheelbase it has! Hell, the GVWR of my Jimmy is 5000 I think, and with a tongue weight of close to 1K lbs, that's gonna be almost maxing the GVWR on just the truck!