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Old 07-03-2004, 01:01 AM
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4000 empty/dry is gonna be over 5500 by the time u fill the freshwater tank,the propane tank(s) and add batteries and all the crap in the coach compartments. heck a decent stocking of food will go a couple hundred.

I pull (sometimes) my boat with my 91 (4800-5000 depending on how much of the 50 gallon tank is full)

I only have the wimply 160hp motor and the 3.42 axle, but it does a surprising good job from the parking area to the launch ramp and an occasional trip to the gas station - never more than 5 miles. Given that I tow large things regularly with larger trucks, I know that the blazer will be burned up with that load if I used it on the highway.

but here are a few problems:

an rv runs 15%+ tongue weight....600lbs+ will kill a blazer - hell it will kill all suvs except the 2500sub. therefore you will use a WD hitch. this hitch will neutralize the trailer, and since it has way more side surface area than your blazer, and weighs more, gusts of wind will cause firey crashes.

next, there is no way a blazer can LEGALLY tow an rv, mine cannot legally tow my boat. your mirrors have to see appx 150ft centerpoint behind the trailer. you would have to use nearly a 2ft mirror extension on BOTH sides, and quite frankly, they dont exist and I doubt you are gonna weld anything.
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