my dodge is a 89 with the 727 non overdrive tranny how much weight can this thing handle without hurting itself whats the most amount of weight this i could haul

 

Wow whare is everybody? I'd like to know to

 

Look on your door jam for the gross combined weight. You truck is around 6k.

 

the tag is there but its not readable

 

just load it up. i have a 92 with a 518 OD and i used to pull a tri axel flat deck loaded was about as big as was safe at the time. that was years ago, trailers are better now though.

i plan to pull my 10 ton tandem axel dump trailer loaded this year as well as my 26ft covered drag car trailer. they have solid engines and solid drive train. they can handle weight

 

your weekness is tranny. Get a built tranny and you can pull 20k easy

 

thats what i wanted to hear i would like to say i will put a 5sp but i doubt that will ever happen but what u guys are saying is that all the power is there but that tranny wont get it to the ground

 

I used to tow 20k with my old '92 and it did fine. I've been towing 20k+ the last couple weeks with my current 1st gen and I personally think the 518 handles towing better than the getrag does. If you tow that much I would recommend getting a temp gauge and go from there as far as cooling.

 

My 518 sure as hell don't, rebuilt it and 10k miles later slipping 3rd gear. It's a sorry trans IMO. The most I've pulled was 14k combined, few very short trips.

 

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Guess they didn't rebuild it right. My truck, when it belonged to my wife, went all over the country towing 20k on a stock tranny and engine. The only problem she ever had was the headlight switch caught fire.