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Towing questions

To: ba-autox@autox.team.net, autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Towing questions
From: MWood24020@aol.com
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:33:33 EDT
I'm going to be towing my Z06 on a tandem trailer half way across the  
country in about a month and I've never towed anything bigger than a formula  
ford, 
for any distance.
 
So, here's the deal: #1500 tandem trailer and #3200 car + odds and  ends in 
the forward box = little less than #5000 gross trailer  weight. I'm pulling 
with an '02 Suburban 1/2 ton. 
The factory hitch is rated at #600 tongue weight and #5000 gross  trailer 
weight.
 
If I position the car correctly and have tongue weight in the #250-350  range 
(using 5 to 10% gross trailer weight as tongue  weight) , should I be OK ? 
The trailer has a moveable  front tire bar, so once I set it, the weight 
distribution will be the same each  time I pull the car on the trailer. OR, 
would I 
be much better off  getting a weight distributing hitch?
 
Any other things to keep in mind?
 
Thanks
Mike 






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