I understand your concerns on the towing capacity of the GMC. The
group that I belong to (GMC GreatLaker) has a majority that tow during
the year. I personally tow a 2 DR 4 WD manual trans GEO Tracker. It
weights in at a little over 2240 and if you look around it is a towed of
choice for a lot of people. The next most popular units in the club is
the Honda and the Saturn. We also have several that tow Jeeps and Mini
Vans. I do not use auxiliary braking because I have found that tracker
is light enough that I don't even know it is there, anything heavier you
would want to use a brake buddy or other system. By the way our GMC is
a 77 Eleganza II with a 403 and 3.55 final drive. I get 8.2 to 8.4 MPG
at 64 MPH when towing and close to 10.5 MPG when not. The vast amount
of past experience in our club indicates that as long as you keep it
light you will not have any problems and use aux. braking when needed.
J.R.Wright
>
>
> > In my searching for a toad, I could find nothing (with 4 wheels) under
> > 2000 - but got close with the Samurai at 2080.
> >
> > Lately we have been looking at Saturns - at 2400 lbs they seem
> > to offer the most car for the weight in my opinion.
> >
> > I have seen people pulling old VW bugs - not sure of weight.
> >
> Mike,
> IIRC, VW Beetles ran around 1800 lbs. My late, lamented '80 Toyota Tercel
> wasn't much more. I'm thinking of an early '80s Toyota of some ilk, details
> still to be worked out. ;-) Saturns are very nice cars, IMHO one of the
> best made by an American manufacturer. But they are too big, too low to the
> ground, too heavy, and WAY too expensive for my tastes. YMMV.
>
> Rick Staples
> '75 Eleganza
> Louisville, CO
group that I belong to (GMC GreatLaker) has a majority that tow during
the year. I personally tow a 2 DR 4 WD manual trans GEO Tracker. It
weights in at a little over 2240 and if you look around it is a towed of
choice for a lot of people. The next most popular units in the club is
the Honda and the Saturn. We also have several that tow Jeeps and Mini
Vans. I do not use auxiliary braking because I have found that tracker
is light enough that I don't even know it is there, anything heavier you
would want to use a brake buddy or other system. By the way our GMC is
a 77 Eleganza II with a 403 and 3.55 final drive. I get 8.2 to 8.4 MPG
at 64 MPH when towing and close to 10.5 MPG when not. The vast amount
of past experience in our club indicates that as long as you keep it
light you will not have any problems and use aux. braking when needed.
J.R.Wright
>
>
> > In my searching for a toad, I could find nothing (with 4 wheels) under
> > 2000 - but got close with the Samurai at 2080.
> >
> > Lately we have been looking at Saturns - at 2400 lbs they seem
> > to offer the most car for the weight in my opinion.
> >
> > I have seen people pulling old VW bugs - not sure of weight.
> >
> Mike,
> IIRC, VW Beetles ran around 1800 lbs. My late, lamented '80 Toyota Tercel
> wasn't much more. I'm thinking of an early '80s Toyota of some ilk, details
> still to be worked out. ;-) Saturns are very nice cars, IMHO one of the
> best made by an American manufacturer. But they are too big, too low to the
> ground, too heavy, and WAY too expensive for my tastes. YMMV.
>
> Rick Staples
> '75 Eleganza
> Louisville, CO
