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Hauling a heavy K5 question fer ya..........

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Will this,
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haul this K5 (soon to be d60/14bff too).............

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.............relatively long distances safely?
 
1978Blazerk5 said:
DUDE, Cool Trucks I wish I owned that top one:D
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I'm looking at buying the car hauler, but wanna make sure it'll be heavy duty enough! :wink1:
 
If the bed on the car hauler was long enough, it would haul another car hauler just like it. Buy that thing :thumb:
 
The Blazer might fit on the bed of that thing, but it is going to be severely overweight, at least as far as the DMV is concerned. That is a C30, I can't imagine your rated payload to be more than 5K, if even that. That bed has to weigh a grand or so.

Will the truck handle it? Perhaps, with some stout overloads. I don't think I'd do it though, a K5 with big tires and 1-tons is going to be around 6K.

It may be a handful. And you're going to run into liability issues if you ever have an accident. Brakes will be marginal at best.
 
i have looked at getting one but the one thing that help me back was the brake system...its usually a 14 bolt with drums...the brakes would be my biggest concern...when you have a trailer behind you you either have 1 to 2 more sets of brakes to help you stop...i know ive pulled without brakes and it wasnt fun...just some food for thought...
 
My dually is rated at 10001 GVWR and weighs 7200 by itself. That leaves only 2800 for the load. If the red dually pictured is rated at 12k (high guess) and weighs 8k (guess again) that would leave 4k for your rig.
That is still too small of a tow rig.
Also, the K5 would be waaaay up in the airstream severly limiting speed and mileage.
 
I just can't imagine that the truck in the picture would be that great for hauling around a 6k lb. Blazer. As already stated this truck, before it was converted to a car hauler, probably only had a GVW rating of 10-12k and I would guess weighs at least 8k as-is.

My biggest concern would be handling and the brakes. While the suspension may have been upgraded some, I doubt the brakes are any different than a stock 1-ton.
 
Anyone have any experience with these car haulers? How does it differ from the "roll backs" so popular today? That is, as far as weight and all. I've seen some hauling full size 4X4 trucks and they sit a lot higher and look like the same axles.
 
i had a bad experience with a truck similar to that one. granted it was a Ford of the same caliber they ended up burning up the winch that pulls it on the truck. so we resorted to use the little hauler on the farback. the hauler's tires were damn near off the ground. they drove it like that but not the safest way to haul it. my tires were probably only like 4 inches of the ground
 
he is what i say to do..go over there with your blazer...load it and then drive it see how it does then make your decision...
 
I think your brakes will be fine. I'd change all the brake lines over though to Stainless steel- just a bit of insurance, and also switch to the DOT 5 (synth, but dot 3 compatible) fluids, with a full bleed. Much higher boiling point.

Some really good front pads (might even want something like a semi carbon/kevlar based one).

Oh yeah, and add airbags for the back. you'll definately need it.

Other than that, go for it. Aerodynamics wont be that bad, think about it like pulling a 5th wheel. If you have the money, you could also consider swapping to 19.5" wheels. They have a significant margin of weight carrying capability (rickson wheels, for one manufacturer).
 
find out what the GVW is of the hauler, then weigh it. now weigh your blazer. if the total actual weights of both rigs equals more then the GVW of the hauler then do not bother. it may stop, steer and accelerate fine enough for you but the first weigh station you roll through is going to be a nightmare if you are overweight.

In PA they fine you big money for every pound you are over. if you are over by too much they shut you down until you can correct it. in your case that would be unloading the blazer onto something else.

with a hauler like that you are required to pull into every single weigh station you pass, skip it and get caught and its a really big fine. I don't know about your state but if that is registered 10,001 or more here you need a medical card to drive it.

get yourself a late model 2500 and pull the blazer on the trailer. its less headache. a friend of mine bought a C60 rollback to tow his jeep with. registration, insurance, inspection, fuel and maintenance eventually made it not worth it.
 
I guess having the brakes "work fine" is just a personal opinion, but I guarantee that your stopping distance is greatly increased with that much extra load. Plus an older model truck like that has mediocre brakes to begin with as compared to newer trucks.

We have a rollback at work based on a medium duty truck and it's only rated to haul somewhere around a 7,000-8,000 lb. vehicle and it dwarfs a 1-ton truck. At least around here it's rare to see a towing company with a rollback based on a 1-ton truck anymore, all of them are based on a medium duty truck nowadays.
 
i got a 85 k5 blazer with a 14bolt/60 under it and 38 inch tires and had it weighed on a scale. 5550lbs maybe cross out another 100lbs if i emptied out all the junk in it
 
That hauler would NOt make a good long distance hauler. Your better off getting a good trailer and a good tow rig. I see roll back trucks up for sale all time. They have semi level stuff under them and i am sure they could handle the weight. Hell a school bus with part of the roof cut off would be better than that truck.
 
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