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TP from Cntl PA · 05-14-2005, 11:05 PM

That is exactly why I pulled the 350 out of my C-20..........You don't have one or two things with them, A. You don't have enough Engine B. You don't have enough gears................In my case I didn't have either. I pulled kicker hay wagons up to one of our mountain farms right after I got mine. They are light but have alot of "aerodynamic drag" .............I got sick and tired of the 350 screaming in 2nd not doing more than 30 mph. So I am putting in something a bit more suited to the job

No doubt in my mind the truck would do it, but your crest some grades at a boringly SLOW speed. The hardest part of towing anything is getting stopped, the rest you can make do with.

05-14-2005, 11:05 PM	#5
TP from Cntl PA Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central PA....In the Berg of Nisbet Posts: 790	That is exactly why I pulled the 350 out of my C-20..........You don't have one or two things with them, A. You don't have enough Engine B. You don't have enough gears................In my case I didn't have either. I pulled kicker hay wagons up to one of our mountain farms right after I got mine. They are light but have alot of "aerodynamic drag" .............I got sick and tired of the 350 screaming in 2nd not doing more than 30 mph. So I am putting in something a bit more suited to the job No doubt in my mind the truck would do it, but your crest some grades at a boringly SLOW speed. The hardest part of towing anything is getting stopped, the rest you can make do with. __________________ '72 K-20 EFI'ed 250 Inline/4spd stake body, Farm Truck '71 C-20 Cummins Diesel Powered, In storage thanks to $5.00 diesel! '69 3500 GMC 305V-6/4spd, Still under reconstruction.......... Inlines Rule! 6 soldiers standing is better than 8 laying down!!!!!!!!