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Old 04-23-2007, 02:29 PM   #6
Zoomad75
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Re: Towing with P235/75/15

Tires are one thing, but towing with a blazer just isn't going to be as stable as a LWB truck. Add to that fact if you put the car on the trailer and gave it too much tounge wieght and it makes it worse. Too much tounge wieght has the tendancy to unload the front wheels. Meaning the rear squats and the front end comes up. You don't have enough wieght on the front tires to keep them planted. It's kind of like driving a 1/2 ton truck with two tons of rocks in the bed. It will carry the load but just won't track straight.

I'm not saying towing can't be done with a Blazer, but that due to the short WB you have to pay closer attention to wieght distribution.

Heck I've towed my 69 nova on a open trailer with a 1/2 ton Z71 and the only way we could keep the front end of the truck from going sky high was to turn the car around backwards. The wieght was distributed better on the trailer and less on the tounge. The truck leveled out and pulled pretty well. Had we left with the car facing forwards it would have probably been dangerous to drive at highway speeds. That was with a longer WB truck than your Blazer too.
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