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burnin oil · 03-03-2014, 08:38 AM

Dual axle trailer with brakes on both axles and it should not be a problem at all. The big thing is getting the wieght on the trailer correct. You only want about 15% of it on the trucks hitch so that the trailer is towing the wieght. That works out to 750 pounds on the hitch for a 5000lb trailer and load. Trailers are a balancing act. To much wieght or to little and it is miserable and unsafe to drive. Set it up just right and you forget its back there until you pull a hill or go to park. Years ago I hauled that much with a K5 blazer without issue. We had to haul a farm tractor over the mountain. Another time I hauled a grand am from Cali to SC when I moved. Even had my tools loading the bed. That was with a newer truck though, 89 half ton chevy.

03-03-2014, 08:38 AM	#7
burnin oil Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Eastern TN Posts: 1,921	Re: Can I tow 4500# and carry 500# with a half-ton? Dual axle trailer with brakes on both axles and it should not be a problem at all. The big thing is getting the wieght on the trailer correct. You only want about 15% of it on the trucks hitch so that the trailer is towing the wieght. That works out to 750 pounds on the hitch for a 5000lb trailer and load. Trailers are a balancing act. To much wieght or to little and it is miserable and unsafe to drive. Set it up just right and you forget its back there until you pull a hill or go to park. Years ago I hauled that much with a K5 blazer without issue. We had to haul a farm tractor over the mountain. Another time I hauled a grand am from Cali to SC when I moved. Even had my tools loading the bed. That was with a newer truck though, 89 half ton chevy.