1998 1500

From : hal

Q: this is a multi-part message in mime format. ------=nextpart000010801c458b3.41e455d0 content-type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable im using my 1998 1500 4x2 with a hd service grouping and towing options = to tow a 9200 pound trailer. the book says it can tow up to 12000. = im not too sure i believe this. my truck is just barely handling this = trailer. the engine is a 318 with i think a 3.92 rear automatic trans. = any thoughts jon --=20 ------=nextpart000010801c458b3.41e455d0 content-type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en htmlhead meta http-equiv=3dcontent-type content=3dtext/html; = charset=3diso-8859-1 meta content=3dmshtml 6.00.2800.1400 name=3dgenerator style/style /head body bgcolor=3d#ffffff divfont face=3darial size=3d2im using my 1998 1500 4x2 with a hd = service=20 grouping and towing options to tow a 9200 pound trailer.  the = book says=20 it can tow up to 12000.  im not too sure i believe this.  my = truck=20 is just barely handling this trailer.  the engine is a 318 with i = think a=20 3.92 rear automatic trans.  any thoughts  jon/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2br-- br/font/div/body/html ------=nextpart000010801c458b3.41e455d0-- .

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From : mike simmons

this is a multi-part message in mime format. ------=nextpart000076f01c458d3.b7ea5cf0 content-type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable john what book are you going by iirc the max trailer capacity for this = truck is 8100 lbs. yes you are grossly overweight! chryco service manager member sae im using my 1998 1500 4x2 with a hd service grouping and towing = options to tow a 9200 pound trailer. the book says it can tow up to = 12000. im not too sure i believe this. my truck is just barely = handling this trailer. the engine is a 318 with i think a 3.92 rear = automatic trans. any thoughts jon --=20 ------=nextpart000076f01c458d3.b7ea5cf0 content-type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en htmlhead meta http-equiv=3dcontent-type content=3dtext/html; = charset=3diso-8859-1 meta content=3dmshtml 6.00.2800.1400 name=3dgenerator style/style /head body bgcolor=3d#ffffff divfont face=3darial size=3d2john/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2what book are you going by  = iirc the max=20 trailer capacity for this truck is 8100 lbs.  yes you are grossly = overweight!/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2chryco service manager/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2member sae/font/div div /div blockquote dir=3dltr=20 style=3dpadding-right 0px; padding-left 5px; margin-left 5px; = border-left #000000 2px solid; margin-right 0px divhal <a=20 href=3dmailtohalforyou@yahoo.comhalforyou@yahoo.com/a> wrote = in message=20 a=20 = ..53642$wh4.3476271@twister.southeast.rr.com/a.../div divfont face=3darial size=3d2im using my 1998 1500 4x2 with a hd = service=20 grouping and towing options to tow a 9200 pound trailer.  the = book says=20 it can tow up to 12000.  im not too sure i believe this.  = my truck=20 is just barely handling this trailer.  the engine is a 318 with i = think a=20 3.92 rear automatic trans.  any thoughts  jon/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2br-- = br/font/div/blockquote/body/html ------=nextpart000076f01c458d3.b7ea5cf0-- .

From : fmb

im using my 1998 1500 4x2 with a hd service grouping and towing options to tow a 9200 pound trailer. the book says it can tow up to 12000. im not too sure i believe this. my truck is just barely handling this trailer. the engine is a 318 with i think a 3.92 rear automatic trans. any thoughts jon -- first thought is you movin up to a 2500 but lookin at their specs the second thought is a 2500 with a ctd. -- fmb only one b in fmb .

From : miles

hal wrote im using my 1998 1500 4x2 with a hd service grouping and towing options to tow a 9200 pound trailer. the book says it can tow up to 12000. im not too sure i believe this. my truck is just barely handling this trailer. the engine is a 318 with i think a 3.92 rear automatic trans. any thoughts jon youre looking at the wrong book somehow. my 2001 1500 360 3.55 rear is rated to only 7500 or so. i pull about 5000 and would not want to pull any more than that. i had a 2000 4x4 with the 318 and it had struggled pulling a 2500lb tent trailer up steep grades. the 3.92 rear helps some but not that much! .

From : hal

this is a multi-part message in mime format. ------=nextpart00000d501c45d60.22dfea80 content-type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable well=20 i guess i did look at the wrong line in the book. my truck is rated at = 7500. the trailer at completely empty according to the stickers is = 7307. i would venture to say i might need to upgrade. =20 --=20 im using my 1998 1500 4x2 with a hd service grouping and towing = options to tow a 9200 pound trailer. the book says it can tow up to = 12000. im not too sure i believe this. my truck is just barely = handling this trailer. the engine is a 318 with i think a 3.92 rear = automatic trans. any thoughts jon --=20 ------=nextpart00000d501c45d60.22dfea80 content-type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en htmlhead meta http-equiv=3dcontent-type content=3dtext/html; = charset=3diso-8859-1 meta content=3dmshtml 6.00.2800.1400 name=3dgenerator style/style /head body bgcolor=3d#ffffff divfont face=3darial size=3d2well /font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2i guess i did look at the wrong line in = the=20 book.  my truck is rated at 7500.  the trailer at completely = empty=20 according to the stickers is 7307.  i would venture to say i might = need to=20 upgrade.  /font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divfont face=3darial size=3d2/font /div divbr-- br/div blockquote dir=3dltr=20 style=3dpadding-right 0px; padding-left 5px; margin-left 5px; = border-left #000000 2px solid; margin-right 0px divhal <a=20 href=3dmailtohalforyou@yahoo.comhalforyou@yahoo.com/a> wrote = in message=20 a=20 = ..53642$wh4.3476271@twister.southeast.rr.com/a.../div divfont face=3darial size=3d2im using my 1998 1500 4x2 with a hd = service=20 grouping and towing options to tow a 9200 pound trailer.  the = book says=20 it can tow up to 12000.  im not too sure i believe this.  = my truck=20 is just barely handling this trailer.  the engine is a 318 with i = think a=20 3.92 rear automatic trans.  any thoughts  jon/font/div divfont face=3darial size=3d2br-- = br/font/div/blockquote/body/html ------=nextpart00000d501c45d60.22dfea80-- .