towing with my blazer
 

has anyone seen specs for the towing capacity for a older blazer, spent the last 4 hour on google not finding anything.

Welcome to the board from southern oregon .. I alway's tow with my blazer no problem's as of yet . Here is the last thing I hitched behind my blazer.

Whoop's here's the pic.

Ive seen Blazers tow 28' travel trailers and 26' boats with no problem.

How do they handle with the short short wheel base?


Check out this site, you may be able to zoom in on the info

http://brochures.slosh.com/

I've been towing a 3400 lb race car with my '72 Blazer since '96. Power to pull isn't a problem for me, but I have to make durn sure I have the load balanced properly, or it makes for an interestingly wiggly ride. I also don't care to do it for more than an hour at a time, or faster than 60 mph. Part of that problem may be the 4" lift and 35" tires though.

Todd-70 CST & 3wbdriver, Welcome to the board from the Pacific NW. Please post some pictures of your rigs (and the race car!)

Hmm my 70 dealer data book and my 70 blazer brochure never listed a towing capacity.

I've towed my loaded 18' car trailer AND a loaded car dolly with my 72 2wd Blazer. Been to both coasts like that. Never exceeded 60 mph though. Balance and trailer brakes a key and a must.I regularly tow that same trailer loaded with material(I build cabins) and my 5x8 tool trailer behind ,too.

I towed UHAUL car hauler with a 91 Cavaleir on it from Denver to Minneapolis. Great power and braking was OK, but it sure got squirrly handling at about 65 mph

Interstate speed limit in NE is 75 mph, never have any touble keeping up with traffic if the load is balanced. I firmly believe the type of trailer makes a difference ,too.I've pulled a few that just pulled hard. others you felt like nothing was behind you. The tires on all my trailers are balanced as well. Sure makes for a smoother pull.

My problem is that me and my wife are considering buying a travel trailer. with the short wheel base of the blazer and the 1/2 ton rating of the rear springs I don't know what my max tow would be and still be a confortable drive (no white knuckles). I already have a class 3 hitch thats rated to 10000 lbs w/ loadbalancers installed.

I wouldn't think a travel trailer should be a problem. The longer tongue to axle ratio should make it a lot more stable. I saw a guy in Dallas last weekend towing a 24' camper, and an 18' bass boat as a tandem, and he pulled right through an intersection from a light, without unduly slowing anyone behind him. It always boggles my mind when I see those things, but they are so COOL at the same time!!!

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I was towing a 22' travel trailer, and it seemed pretty squirrelly. I never thought I'd admit that! I was using an equilizer hitch, but I don't think I had enough pressure on the spring bars. That probably would have helped. I now have a 98 k1500 xcab short bed, and the longer wheelbase makes all the difference in the world. I would agree with the under 65 mph part if you do do it. I also had pulled flatbed trailers with it with cars on it with no problems. I think that no matter what, make sure you have the equilizer/spring bar setup if you decide to do it. The travel trailer weighs about 4500 lbs, with about 600-700 lbs tongue weight. Hope this helps.

Longer wheelbase vehicle will tow inherently better than a short wheelbase vehicle such as a older Blazer.

You can't beat a Longhorn for towing duties, but don't expect it to be as nimble and maneuverable as a Blazer when not towing with it.