Towing 382
01-18-2012 | 06:37 AM
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What does a typical 382 weigh? Is it on a steel or aluminum trailer?
To answer your question, as long as your trailer has decent brakes you should be fine with a decent 2500, especially if you're only traveling 10 miles.
To answer your question, as long as your trailer has decent brakes you should be fine with a decent 2500, especially if you're only traveling 10 miles.
01-18-2012 | 06:54 AM
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you are correct you can not put a Allison in a Suburban...
but you cant put a Allison in a G Van either and GM offers the 2500 G van with a Duramax and a 4L80E...you dont need a Allison to be a 3/4 ton truck..
The 2500 HD pick up is not rated for 15.000lb..
been a GM Master tech at the same Chevy Dealer for 26 years.. the 2500 Chevy Suburban is a true 3/4 truck
but you cant put a Allison in a G Van either and GM offers the 2500 G van with a Duramax and a 4L80E...you dont need a Allison to be a 3/4 ton truck..
The 2500 HD pick up is not rated for 15.000lb..
been a GM Master tech at the same Chevy Dealer for 26 years.. the 2500 Chevy Suburban is a true 3/4 truck
With all the side to side sway, it seemed like the tail wagging the dog when I hauled the 382 with it.......bought a dually just 6 weeks later.
01-18-2012 | 06:56 AM
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I had my trailer built with 13in disc brakes on all 3 axles, the rig would stop in a shorter distance with the boat than without.
01-18-2012 | 07:00 AM
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factory weight is 10,500, add 1,500 for an aluminum trailer (2,500 for a steel), gear, up to 200 gallons fuel, you could be hauling 15,000 if loaded.
I had my trailer built with 13in disc brakes on all 3 axles, the rig would stop in a shorter distance with the boat than without.
I had my trailer built with 13in disc brakes on all 3 axles, the rig would stop in a shorter distance with the boat than without.
01-18-2012 | 07:56 AM
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I've been towing with a PSD dually. That 382 rig had S.S. brakes but it was surge, still worked great though. I now have a 21ft center console with brakes on one (of two) axles. The total rig only weighs about 4,000 yet it takes a longer distance to stop than the 382 did.
01-18-2012 | 08:30 AM
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There is no better setup than an EoH system pushing on disc brakes; Kodiak discs at that.
I wouldn't tow a 382 with less than a dually, but that's me. Do some searches on the DRW vs. SRW threads.
I wouldn't tow a 382 with less than a dually, but that's me. Do some searches on the DRW vs. SRW threads.
01-18-2012 | 08:54 AM
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Yet this thread will turn into the typical DWR/SRW thread even though the OP isn't asking about DRW trucks.
01-18-2012 | 08:55 AM
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You should!!!
I've been towing with a PSD dually. That 382 rig had S.S. brakes but it was surge, still worked great though. I now have a 21ft center console with brakes on one (of two) axles. The total rig only weighs about 4,000 yet it takes a longer distance to stop than the 382 did.
I've been towing with a PSD dually. That 382 rig had S.S. brakes but it was surge, still worked great though. I now have a 21ft center console with brakes on one (of two) axles. The total rig only weighs about 4,000 yet it takes a longer distance to stop than the 382 did.
01-18-2012 | 10:20 AM
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i'm still baffled as to how you pull your rig with the diesel ram 2500 especially with a steel trailer, big blower motors, and #6 drives. what do you figure everything weighs?
01-18-2012 | 10:26 AM
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Yeah, they've been beat to death! The long and the short of it is a DRW will be a little more stable but a SRW 2500 like the OP is inquiring about will certainly handle the task he's outlined.
Yet this thread will turn into the typical DWR/SRW thread even though the OP isn't asking about DRW trucks.
Yet this thread will turn into the typical DWR/SRW thread even though the OP isn't asking about DRW trucks.
Old topic--new thread.
That boat/setup has to be over 14K lbs. loaded, then fuel, water, beer, coolers, tools, parts, etc. etc.
