Trailer weight?

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Trailer weight?

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How much can these Bronco II's actually pull. I want to know what the tounge weight on th ebumper is and I just recently put a 1 inch reciever hitch on it with grade eight bolts.
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Not going to tow much with that little reciver.
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I didn't think so, I was just trying to get an estimate.
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Should be able to handle any wieght the hitch is rated for.
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i pulled a 86 lincoln TC,1/2 ton pickups on my tow dolly from the 2in ball on the bumpa, no problems
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Dave,
You hit it right on the head with your picture. It is all in the tongue weight!!!
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I drug 11,000 pounds including trailer 4hours one way with my jeep liberty.

hauled 17,000 on the bed of my stretched f350.
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Ranger Dave, is that a full size bronco pulling the white one or a Bronco II? my brother thinks its a full size
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look again
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That is definately an 89+ model year Bronco II.

My dad hauled 6 1500 pound round bales of hay on a trailer behind is 2.8 auto shortbed ranger.

If you dont over load the hitch, the bII will pull it.
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I knew it was a bronco II, my brother, see hes a chevy guy, he just doesnt understand...........
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thats becuase chevy blazers suck at towing anything bigger than a lawnmower. I tried to tow soem sutff with one and it was ALL over the rd... terrible :)
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Friday night I just pulled a small garden trailer about 5x6 or so, but i had it full of band equipment, several hundred puonds of gear, didnt feel a thing, except when I loaded the trailer wrong and put the heavier stuff in the front rather than over the axels, it started to sway around on me sometimes. But other than that I wasn't even aware I had a trailer on the back. Not that it was as heavey as another vehicle, but still.
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Like was said before, it's all about the tounge weight. I pulled a full sized Caprice with a chevy cab on top of it to the junk yard with a tow bar, no probs.
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