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dan
Dodge Dakota
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2/28/2006
16:08:40
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 Subject: Dakota R/t towing limits needed ASAP
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Hi, I Have an oppurtunity to get a 21 foot boat with trailer free but I need to know If my 2000 dakota r/t can handle it? I just need to tow it about 20 miles to my house for now.I only have the stock bumper hitch.Can anyone advise?
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Kowalski
GenIII
2/28/2006
16:51:02
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Yup - nice snag - but get someone else to tow it for you; unless you want to risk trashing your bumper and leaving the boat in the road. Your R/T just isn't set up for that.
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ucimaplaya2
Dodge Dakota
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2/28/2006
23:21:19
| RE: Dakota R/t towing limits needed ASAP
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There are plenty of people towing heavy loads with r/ts. however they all have class three hitches and sometimes have air helper springs (and ofcourse just about all of them have a tranny cooler, but thats a given for any truck with an auto pulling heavy loads) so unless you can get a hitch up under there before that time, i wouldn't try it. you will just end up trashing your bumper like kowalski said.
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dan
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2006
01:20:50
| RE: Dakota R/t towing limits needed ASAP
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My truck allready has a tranny cooler, didnt these come stock on r/t's ?
Anyway I passed on the boat, Not enough room here at my crappy suburban house...
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SinCity R/T
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2006
12:33:14
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R/T's are only rated for 2000# of towing off the rear bumper - it's not the engine, transmission, or tow package which is the problem, it's the 1" lower suspension, it ruins tow angles. If you buy a proper class III, IV, or V hitch attached to the frame you can tow at higher limits.
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2003 Black Dakota R/T
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Kowalski
GenIII
3/01/2006
17:13:46
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Isn't it actually a softer sprung suspension ? Its easy enough to get the proper angle for any height with a raise or drop hitch.
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ucimaplaya2
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2006
22:30:49
| RE: Dakota R/t towing limits needed ASAP
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No I don't believe its softer, if anything it might be a little stiffer.
oh and dan as for the tranny cooler, some dakotas came with a big tranny cooler, others like my rt came with just the lines running into the radiator side and back out... not really a tranny cooler
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