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06-23-2013, 06:19 PM | #1 |
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Trailer towing specs for a '67 GMC with a dealer installed bumper
Anyone know what the maximum tongue weight/trailer weight specs are for the standard dealer installed bumper?
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06-23-2013, 08:23 PM | #2 |
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Re: Trailer towing specs for a '67 GMC with a dealer installed bumper
Now thats funny!
If it is not stamped on there you need to make an educated guess. If you are towing a trailer heavy enough to raise the question buy a receiver hitch that mounts to the frame. Remember the factory recommed equalizer hitches on truck/trailer GCW of 8500lb and up and suggested them down to a GCW of 6500lb. The aftermarket numbers I can easily lay my hands on are a very conservative SAE Class 1 which at the time was 2000 /150. But I'd suspect that a SAE Class 2 is probably applicable to some of the heavier bumpers which would be 3500/250. Remember that most of the dealer installed bumpers were for profit margin not the best and heaviest. Look carefully at the construction, some are simply a series of tack welded plates and channels.
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