Towing an Airstream with K5

[67sub]

KILEY - 406 I was referring to was built in the summer of 1990 and is still daily driven today. It was pulled from our van and sold to a friend who put it in his 84 3/4 ton 4x4, and it is still there. We sold it in 1995 with about 70,000 miles and last I heard it had 158,000 but that was a couple of years ago. As stated earlier - If built right they last as good as any other engine.

[68 Suburban]

I tow this 22 footer with my burb. It is rated at 3200 lbs empty. The burb does all right, but I would like a little more umph in the mountains.

[Grim Reaper]

Originally posted by 68 Suburban
I tow this 22 footer with my burb. It is rated at 3200 lbs empty. The burb does all right, but I would like a little more umph in the mountains.

Mid 60's Avion?

[jays68yak]

I vote for the your carzy pulling that trailer behind your K5. I would want a suburban with rear leafs or coils with air bag helpers. Or possibly a dually, cuz then you would have less side to side movement from what i hear. Maybe build a dually crew cab.

My parents pulled a 26 foot reg ole travel trailer with a 95 454 suburban. It had the power but its also way newer. The trailer was like 6-7000 empty and 7-8 loaded.

If you really want to get a good puller, get something with a diesel. My bro in law has an 02 F250 with the PSD. I pulled his 29 foot toy hauler empty (i think its 29 feet), I didnt even know it was there. My dad was yelling at me telling me to slow down. That thing with the trailer would fly by my truck pulling it. I have a 94 K2500, 350/700r4, pull a car tailer all the time. Not a speed deamon, but it gets the job done.

Either way, I say electric trailer brakes over surge.

[kiley]

Thanks a bunch. Good to see you over here from ColoradoK5.com.