This question draws a lot of arguments. Are you referring to a bone stock I-6 or a bone stock V8? Modifications? Google will bring up lots of differing opinions.🤷ðŸ¼â€â™‚ï¸
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Around this hobby, it seems to me that the top five things that get people into the most trouble fastest are brakes, tires, steering, brakes and ... trailers/towing. And did I mention brakes??
2. Try asking this same question in the Hauling Forum -- There are folks who prowl that forum who know quite a lot about this.
Good luck with whatever it is you are trying to move!
And check your brakes.
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Ditto on brakes. Most of these trucks, even the ones with the anemic 6 cylinders, are capable of getting a lot more weight moving than they can stop effectively. If you're pulling anything more than a small single-axle utility trailer with a very light load on it, you probably need brakes on the trailer. Nothing increases the pucker factor like getting pushed across a busy intersection by a trailer that JUST- - - - -WON'T- - - - -STOP!!!!!!!! Jerry
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It is a unrestored c10 with a 250 in-line 6 & 3 speed column shift with non synchro 1st. My plan is to change the front brakes over to disk sometime soon. My wife and I have been playing with the idea of buying an older camper to restore to pull behind it and our newer vehicle. I have pulled trailers with and without brakes and having them on the trailer are definitely in the plans.
Having survived some pretty hairy driving emergencies while pulling a trailer, let me offer a suggestion- - - - -if you can figure out a way to mount your trailer brake controller in a position where you can manipulate the manual control with your knee, it lets you keep both hands on the wheel when reacting to an emergency. I usually fabricate a small extension to the manual button and mount the controller to the dash or steering column near my left knee. It's saved my bacon a couple of times! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
I agree that trailer brakes are a must. you can get hydraulic brakes controlled by a master cylinder in the tongue and are self adjusting. my truck has a built in electric controller that you set the gain and requires no other action when driving. I'm guessing this could be added to your truck.
Here's what happened to me. I have the 64' with an 87' front and rear installed. Went back to Kansas recently and rented a Uhaul car trailer to bring home my 38', minus an engine and tranny. Have a 98' Vortec engine and a 91' T_5. (Yeah, I know, sounds like something Johnny Cash talks about). It did the job well enough, and actually handled well enough, but kept me honest and paying attention. Got on top of Monteagle, after dealing with the idiots going up the mountain and pulled into the truck pullout before going off the mountain, and found the brake pedal with Way Too Much travel. You'll understand what pucker factor is all about in that case. I finally got down and made it through Chattanooga without killing anybody.The trailer had brakes, mounted on the tongue, and the truck had plenty of shocks and the hitch for the job, but I'll never hook up to anything that heavy again. After 20 years running around the country as an owner operator, and over a million miles under my butt, I can't remember ever being so stressed pulling a load. I'm looking forward to buying a motor coach and sitting in back and letting Ma chauffeur me around for a change.
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For anyone pulling a trailer with an old car, and just plain entertaining, "The Long, Long Trailer" with Lucille Ball is a must see movie. A 30+ foot camper behind a 53 Merc convertible. It's all about trailer brakes, and actually very educational.
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and ... trailers/towing. And did I mention brakes??