'89 Cadillac Deville for towing?

I have an 89 Caddy Sedan Deville. I am planning on moving from Ohio to
Alaska via the Alaskan Highway. In the owners manual, it says that the
caddy can only pull a trailer of up to 1000 lbs. Is this realistic? Even
the smallest uhual trailer has a max weight of 1500 lbs, and it is really
too small for our needs (not that we need the biggest either.) I would
think that with the big 4.9 V8, this car should have plenty of power. I
don't have a hitch yet, but would add it myself.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

The Caddy will pull twice what the manual says it will. If speed and braking
are watched CAREFULLY. The main considerations are the brakes and
suspension, they aren't designed to carry or stop a lot of weight.

"Power-Post 2000" <gpsposter@gps.com> wrote in message
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> I have an 89 Caddy Sedan Deville. I am planning on moving from Ohio to
> Alaska via the Alaskan Highway. In the owners manual, it says that the
> caddy can only pull a trailer of up to 1000 lbs. Is this realistic? Even
> the smallest uhual trailer has a max weight of 1500 lbs, and it is really
> too small for our needs (not that we need the biggest either.) I would
> think that with the big 4.9 V8, this car should have plenty of power. I
> don't have a hitch yet, but would add it myself.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.

I'm not as worried about the brakes because the trailer has brakes. Also,
would a transmission cooler be a good investment?

"NoSpam" <nomail@spam.not> wrote in
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> The Caddy will pull twice what the manual says it will. If speed and
> braking are watched CAREFULLY. The main considerations are the brakes
> and suspension, they aren't designed to carry or stop a lot of weight.
>
> "Power-Post 2000" <gpsposter@gps.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns94A6CDC1E7CE2gpsposter@65.24.7.50...
>> I have an 89 Caddy Sedan Deville. I am planning on moving from Ohio
>> to Alaska via the Alaskan Highway. In the owners manual, it says that
>> the caddy can only pull a trailer of up to 1000 lbs. Is this
>> realistic? Even the smallest uhual trailer has a max weight of 1500
>> lbs, and it is really too small for our needs (not that we need the
>> biggest either.) I would think that with the big 4.9 V8, this car
>> should have plenty of power. I don't have a hitch yet, but would add
>> it myself.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
>
>

Absolutely it would be a wise investment. But even though the trailer has
brakes I would still watch it. Especially going down hills out West.


"Power-Post 2000" <gpsposter@gps.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not as worried about the brakes because the trailer has brakes. Also,
> would a transmission cooler be a good investment?
>
> "NoSpam" <nomail@spam.not> wrote in
> news:wJ93c.21785$iy.11395@fe2.columbus.rr.com:
>
> > The Caddy will pull twice what the manual says it will. If speed and
> > braking are watched CAREFULLY. The main considerations are the brakes
> > and suspension, they aren't designed to carry or stop a lot of weight.
> >
> > "Power-Post 2000" <gpsposter@gps.com> wrote in message
> > news:Xns94A6CDC1E7CE2gpsposter@65.24.7.50...
> >> I have an 89 Caddy Sedan Deville. I am planning on moving from Ohio
> >> to Alaska via the Alaskan Highway. In the owners manual, it says that
> >> the caddy can only pull a trailer of up to 1000 lbs. Is this
> >> realistic? Even the smallest uhual trailer has a max weight of 1500
> >> lbs, and it is really too small for our needs (not that we need the
> >> biggest either.) I would think that with the big 4.9 V8, this car
> >> should have plenty of power. I don't have a hitch yet, but would add
> >> it myself.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for any advice.
> >
> >
> >
>

>I have an 89 Caddy Sedan Deville. I am planning on moving from Ohio to
>Alaska via the Alaskan Highway. In the owners manual, it says that the
>caddy can only pull a trailer of up to 1000 lbs. Is this realistic?

Most likely yes. We've pulled several different boats and small trailers behind
our 94 DeVille w/o incident and only one of them has been more than 1,000 lb.

Only caution is do not use overdrive when trailering.



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(Letzebuergesch)

For all the extra money you would have to spend to install a trans
cooler, etc why not just rent a larger U-Haul truck capable of
carrying all your goods including the caddy. Or maybe just tow the
caddy behind the truck just like the RV owners do.

Either way, you should probably price out the most feasable solution,
and the one you are most comfortable with.

Also, while the trailer DOES have brakes of its own you should still
be concerned about the added momentum that the trailer will provide as
you pull it behind you.

What do you think a transmission cooler costs? You can buy one large enough
for a passenger car at AutoZone for under $50.00. If you got ripped of and
had it installed you wouldn't spend more than &175.00.

You can't get a rental one way from Ohio to Alaska for anywhere near
$175.00!
Hell the truck alone would eat that more than that in gas. It's a 2,900 mile
drive.



"Shane Williams" <shanicus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> For all the extra money you would have to spend to install a trans
> cooler, etc why not just rent a larger U-Haul truck capable of
> carrying all your goods including the caddy. Or maybe just tow the
> caddy behind the truck just like the RV owners do.
>
> Either way, you should probably price out the most feasable solution,
> and the one you are most comfortable with.
>
> Also, while the trailer DOES have brakes of its own you should still
> be concerned about the added momentum that the trailer will provide as
> you pull it behind you.