D100 pull my Duster?

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RustyRatRod said:
It'll pull it fine. Just don't use OD unless the road is pretty flat.
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This ^^. It will pull it just fine. Don't ask it to pull like a 6.4 Hemi 2500. Let it do it's thing in it's time. Skip the OD. Stay in 3rd gear and pull between 45 and 50 mph. Those slants have been in farm trucks and have worked for decades. And now folks don't think they can because they won't rip 80 mph up a hill pulling 10k lbs.
 
Wow. I won't tow anything... without diesel power, equalizer hitch, and great trailer brakes [no 15" trailer tires].
 
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I wouldn't pull a tent trailer with a half- ton truck.
 
I pulled a 69 valiant on a trailer from MS to IN with an '87 v6 dakota. First time I'd ever pulled a trailer, but the valiant was free.
 
Mopar Sam said:
Yes sir! Got great mileage too.
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I owned a '87 3.9 Dakota 5 speed. I tell ya, the spread on the gears was something else. When I shifted to 4th, folks thought it was 5th, till I shifted to 5th... lol. I've owned a few Dakotas, and my Dad bought a brand new '94, regular cab short bed with the 3.9 magnum 5 speed. I pulled snowmobile trailers all the time with mine. Dad towed a '62 Nova back from Colorado with his. No problem whatsoever
 
When I was young I learned to drive on work vans and trucks. They were all 3 on tree. One of the vans was a Dodge 3 on tree 225. 1st had to be full stop. 1st was granny. If no load in it it was driven as a 2 speed 2nd andv 3rd only. We always loaded the crap out that van pallets of wood floors, ceramic tiles, commercial tile, full rolls of carpet. It was slow but pulled any load.
The old saying going nowhere fast applied. Had an 8 3/4 bet it has real low gears. Short trips on interstate in right lane going slow even empty. It had no decent top cruise speed at all. 1st gear just got it rolling
But that van flat out worked.
Many times I was given the keys as driver to drop stuff off at job sites. Others hated it, tget would even tell the boss, have Kevin bring it to us he likes driving it.
I infact did, it was easy work driving and a fun job for a young guy.
One of the older guys destroyed the transmission. I still to this day think he did so on purpose so he did not have to drive it anymore when asked to. Mr. Archie hated that van. Hated that it was slow and could not put it in 1st unless stopped.
 
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Mopar Sam said:
I think that is why the "Good old days" were better, we didn't worry about it, we just did it...
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I remember when a real "workhorse" would be a D250 with a 318 2bbl and a granny low 4 speed and a Dana rear end. Horse trailers, hay racks, whatever, she was a go to. Now, it's questioned if it can pull a pop up camper ... lol
 
@Jadaharabi made a living pulling horses all around the USA, literally putting on hundreds of thousands of miles in his '68 (?) Dodge. Nowadays it couldn't do it though :(
 
318willrun said:
PBR used to pull his Duster to the track with a car..... :)
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I wasn't too bright when I was younger either, I've been pushed down a 11% grade by a 4000# boat behind a 73 D100, damn near died at the bottom, went right through the stop sign with overheated brakes. lol
I've graduated to 1- ton trucks for pulling anything larger than a tent camper.
 
fishmens67 said:
I wasn't too bright when I was younger either, I've been pushed down a 11% grade by a 4000# boat behind a 73 D100, damn near died at the bottom, went right through the stop sign with overheated brakes. lol
I've graduated to 1- ton trucks for pulling anything larger than a tent camper.
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Why was you pulling a boat down a hill?? Don't they go in water????




:lol:
 
I worked with/for a guy (Tommy) he has a private boat ramp at his place. His neighbor sold him a 1978-80 D-250 slant six truck with 4 speed just to use for local errands putting boats in and out the water. I used it quite a few times it had grunt.
 
I think there’s been a really important point that no one has mentioned yet, and that point being the weight of the tow vehicle versus the weight (mass) of what is being towed. What is the RATED tow capacity of this truck, as well as the GCVWR? Can the /6 pull it? Possibly. But are the brakes, frame, et al, up to the task?

As someone who has survived a “death wobble” twice in my life (once as a kid, the second time about 10 years ago), I can’t emphasize enough the importance of taking this into consideration.

To the OP: I agree wholeheartedly with @fishmens67 here, and I no longer tow anything “heavy” behind a light duty, 1/2 ton truck, “upgraded hitch” or no.

Edit add: There are formulas one can use to determine if a tow vehicle is capable of pulling a given load, but an easier thing to do would be to jump on Uhaul’s site and use their online towing combination tool. If the results come back negative, never assume you’re a REALLY good driver and/or are smarter than the Laws of Physics. Been there, done that…..don't ever want to do it again.
 
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Google says a D100 pulling a trailer with brakes can tow 4500 lbs. Without trailer brakes, 3500 lbs.
 
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ProjectBazza said:
I think there’s been a really important point that no one has mentioned yet, and that point being the weight of the tow vehicle versus the weight (mass) of what is being towed. What is the RATED tow capacity of this truck, as well as the GCVWR? Can the /6 pull it? Possibly. But are the brakes, frame, et al, up to the task?

As someone who has survived a “death wobble” twice in my life (once as a kid, the second time about 10 years ago), I can’t emphasize enough the importance of taking this into consideration.

To the OP: I agree wholeheartedly with @fishmens67 here, and I no longer two anything “heavy” behind a light duty, 1/2 ton truck, “upgraded hitch” or no.

Edit add: There are formulas one can use to determine if a tow vehicle is capable of pulling a given load, but an easier thing to do would be to jump on Uhaul’s site and use their online towing combination tool. If the results come back negative, never assume you’re a REALLY good driver and/or are smarter than the Laws of Physics. Been there, done that…..don't ever want to do it again.
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U-haul said I couldn't tow a full size car with a 2-wheel dolly in my 2001 Ram 2500. Dodge said I could laugh at that load. Tow load for my truck was 8850 lbs. U-haul is a very bad way to check what you can haul
 
318willrun said:
U-haul is a very bad way to check what you can haul
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“Very bad”?

So is asking a bunch of strangers on the internet, people with no “skin in the game” and little knowledge of the actual condition of the tow vehicle, for their opinions, any better?

While I didn’t call it out specifically (I guess I didn’t think it would be necessary), I only brought-up the Uhaul example to show there are options out there that don’t involve “doing the math”, as it were, and I seem to recall other car hauler rental companies offering the same service on their respective sites. Uhaul was just the first that popped into my head.
 
ProjectBazza said:
“Very bad”?

So is asking a bunch of strangers on the internet, people with no “skin in the game” and little knowledge of the actual condition of the tow vehicle, for their opinions, any better?

While I didn’t call it out specifically (I guess I didn’t think it would be necessary), I only brought-up the Uhaul example to show there are options out there that don’t involve “doing the math”, as it were, and I seem to recall other car hauler rental companies offering the same service on their respective sites. Uhaul was just the first that popped into my head.
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Simple. Do what I did. Look up the towing capacity of your vehicle. That ends the discussion. I did it for him, he can tow 4500 lbs w/trailer brakes. That covers the Duster and an aluminum trailer.
 
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I think you’d be better off spending the money on a small block swap (stroker preferably) than on an expensive aluminum trailer and going with a more affordable steel trailer.
 
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