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  1. 10th June 2015, 03:22 PM #1
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    Default Interesting read on towing capacity

    Here's a really good article on what the salesman tells you you can tow compared to what you really can tow.
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    Yes very good article thanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by dai sensei View Post
    Yes very good article thanks
    I'm guessing you've "been there - done that" hey Neil?
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    Unfortunately yep. Apparently now there is a spring upgrade you can get for my car that gives the same increase in GVM as my lazy axle upgrade, 1/3 the price, and obviously far less aggravation.
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    Maybe go by boat? Seaspan Tug bollard loads are 60,000lbs and up to 70,000. All that for less than 2,500 shaft Hp.
    I drive a GMC 3/4T on land with a 454 gas engine. Factory hitch & wiring which I've never used.
    With a 10% tongue load, I wonder what I can pull?
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