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If You Do Decide To Pull A Trailer If you do, here are some important points: There are many different laws, including speed limit restrictions, having to do with trailering. Make sure your rig will be legal, not only where you live but also where you'll be driving. A good source for this information can be state or provincial police. 0 Three important considerations have to do with weight: 0 9 0 the weight of the trailer, the weight o the trailer tongue f and the total weight on your vehicle's tires. Weight of the Trailer How heavy can a trailer safely be? Consider using a sway control. You can ask a hitch dealer about sway controls. Don't tow a trailer at all during the first 1,000 miles (1 600 km) your new vehicle is driven. Your engine, axle or other parts could be damaged. It should never weigh more than 1,000 Ibs. (450 kg). Bui even that can be too heavy. It depends on how you plan to use your rig. For example, speed, altitude, road grades, outside temperature and how much your vehicle is used to pull a trailer are all important. And, it can also depend on any special equipment that you have on your vehicle * Then, during the first 500 miles (800 km) that you tow a trailer, don't drive over 50 mph (80 km/h) and don't make starts at full throttle. This helps your engine and other parts of your vehicle wear in at the heavier loads. Obey speed limit restrictions when towing a trailer. Don't drive faster than the maximum posted speed for trailers, or no more than 55 mph (90 km/h), to save wear on your vehicle's parts. 0 You can ask your dealer for our trailering information or advice, or you can write us at: Chevrolet Motor Division CI!+L!cfCImer.A.cckt?.nrP center P.O. Box 33170 Detroit, MI 48232-5170 In Canada write to: General Motors of Canada Limited CLlstGme: Czmmunicatlzn Centre, 163-005 1908 Colonel Sam Drive Oshawa, Ontario, L I H 8P7 4-37 Do not tow when the outside air temperature is above 100°F (38°C). Do not tow more than 1,000 miles (1 600 km) per year. 0

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If
You
Do
Decide
To
Pull
A
Trailer
If
you
do, here are some important points:
There are many
different laws, including speed limit
restrictions, having to do with trailering. Make sure
your rig will be legal, not only where
you live
but also
where
you’ll be driving.
A
good
source for
this information can be state or provincial police.
0
Consider using a sway control. You can ask a hitch
dealer
about
sway controls.
Don’t
tow a trailer at all during the first 1,000 miles
(1
600
km)
your
new vehicle is driven. Your
engine, axle or
other parts could be
damaged.
*
Then, during the first
500
miles
(800
km) that you
tow a trailer, don’t drive over
50
mph (80 km/h)
and
don’t
make starts at full throttle. This helps your
engine
and
other parts of your vehicle wear in at
the heavier loads.
Obey
speed limit restrictions when towing a trailer.
Don’t
drive
faster than the maximum posted speed
for trailers, or
no
more than
55
mph (90 km/h),
to
save
wear
on
your vehicle’s parts.
0
Do
not tow when
the outside air temperature is
above
100°F
(38°C).
0
Do not tow more
than 1,000 miles (1
600
km)
per year.
Three important considerations have
to
do with weight:
0
the weight of the trailer,
9
the weight
of
the trailer tongue
0
and the total weight on your vehicle’s tires.
Weight
of
the Trailer
How
heavy can
a trailer safely be?
It
should never
weigh
more than 1,000
Ibs.
(450
kg).
Bui
even that can be
too
heavy.
It
depends
on
how
you
plan
to
use
your rig.
For
example, speed, altitude, road grades, outside
temperature and how
much your vehicle is used
to
pull
a trailer are all important. And,
it
can also depend
on any special equipment that you
have on your vehicle
You can ask your dealer for our trailering information
or advice, or
you can write us at:
Chevrolet Motor Division
CI!+L!cfCImer
.A.cckt?.nrP
center
P.O.
Box 33170
Detroit, MI 48232-51 70
In Canada write
to:
General
Motors of Canada Limited
CLlstGme:
Czmmunicatlzn
Centre,
163-005
1908 Colonel Sam Drive
Oshawa, Ontario,
L I H
8P7
4-37