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Old 06-25-2008, 11:38 AM
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towing capacity

I have a 1982 pickup 22r carb 4x4 with 35 all terrains and there is no telling what gears it has, but it feels stock.

I want to know what is the max you would feel comfortable towing in this truck.

BTW I last thing I towed was a towed was about a 15 foot trailer loaded down with a king sized bed, a wrap around couch, kitchen table, all kinds of things you would have when you move a house. It felt good to me when i towed this and it was when i was riding around in 4x4 without a rear driveshaft.
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Have you upgraded your brakes? The 35's are already putting a load on your brakes. I would not go above 1500lbs but that is just me,
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1000 or so pounds for me

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'bout a thousand.

and don't be in any hurry....

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heh, sounds like you had maybe 1K or more with all that stuff
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Originally Posted by georgiayota
I have a 1982 pickup 22r carb 4x4 with 35 all terrains and there is no telling what gears it has, but it feels stock.

I want to know what is the max you would feel comfortable towing in this truck.

BTW I last thing I towed was a towed was about a 15 foot trailer loaded down with a king sized bed, a wrap around couch, kitchen table, all kinds of things you would have when you move a house. It felt good to me when i towed this and it was when i was riding around in 4x4 without a rear driveshaft.
I wouldn't haul anymore than you did with that trailer load.
Like they said above, those 35's are putting quite a bit of strain on it already.

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heh, I had to tow my 85 mr2, poor truck couldn't do it to well up a hill good thing I had a turn off other wise I would have been going back down it I supose I could have put it in 4wd low... but yeah need not be in a hurry with these trucks, I really don't think they were ment to tow much of anything.

My truck though is a 79 with a 20r 4x4
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most ive towed with my 88 22re stock was a buddys motorhome when it broke down. towed it about 40 miles. seemed to do fine, but then again it had 145,000 on the clock instead of 300,000.... so yeah...
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Motorhome? How much did that thing weigh?

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Originally Posted by 4x4Fink
Motorhome? How much did that thing weigh?

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it was a 1978 dodge motorhome with a 360 in it. it was a little bigger than the toyota dolphin motorhome. i towed it at maybe 40mph. like i said the engine was much younger then. it had close to 150,000 on it, and now it has around 300,000. though when i was towing that thing, my brakes and transmission didnt like me very much. plus i started with a full tank, 40 miles later it was empty... lol.
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Before I got rear-ended and the bumper got ruined, I towed a ton of stone on a flatbed with mine. Did just fine, just had to stop sooner than usual and it handled a bit differently.
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