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 | jusdande
Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Florida 
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2005-11-13 119300
I have a 2000 GMC Sonoma with a 4 cylinder engine and manual transmission. I am getting a 16' equipment trailer to haul my BX23 on. The trailer will have electronic brakes on both axles. Do you think I could tow it with my little Sonoma? Don't have to tow it far.
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 | DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada 
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2005-11-13 119302
Depending on the trailer weight, that is at least a 4200 pound total package.
If you have a hitch that is up to the load and the towing capacity of the truck meets or exceeds those numbers, you should be OK.
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| jusdande
Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Florida
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2005-11-13 119305
My truck manual says towing capacity if 2300#. Hard to believe that is all it will tow. You're right the total weight is appx. 4200#. With the brakes on the trailer stopping shouldn't be the problem, just a potential lack of power for takeoff. If I get it off the pavement I am sure it would not have enough power but on the road I think I could move it at say no more than 50mph? ....
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 | kwschumm
Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 5764 NW Oregon
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A lot of times the towing capacity is limited by the capabilities of the transmission or clutch. The Ford Ranger, for example, tows quite a bit less with the stick than the automatic. ....
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 | jarndt
Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 351 Northern Virginia
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Yes, your truck has enough power to *pull* a trailer of that weight. You mentioned your trailer has brakes, so if you are not going very far or very fast you'll probably be okay. But... manufacturers determine a vehicle's towing capacity based on a host of factors and usually go with the lowest common denominator. Besides safety issues caused by overloading you always run the risk of breaking something.
The bottom line is: it's your truck, you make the call. ....
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| DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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A 2300 pound towing capacity tells me that something in your drive train is built just to passenger car standards.
A relative had a full size Dodge pick-up that was rated to tow a twice what your truck will. Every time he took his 4500 pound travel trailer out for the weekend he would end up getting the automatic transmission rebuilt within a few weeks.
The tranny shop said it just built up too much heat and fried the fluid.
Be careful. It might be a lot cheaper to rent a u-haul truck at 20 bucks a day to haul your trailer than it would be to fix your abused broken lightweight truck. ....
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| jusdande
Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Florida
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Thanks, I think you are right. The clutch is the limiting factor in this case, it is very weak and I am sure I would have to really slip the clutch at every takeoff to get her going. Someone called my little truck once a "skirt truck" and I think in the case of towing he was right. ....
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