1993 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner's Manual - Page 181

Your Driving and the Road If Mu Do Decideto Pulla Tmiler (COW.) Will you have to make any holesin the manufacturer. Follow the manufacturer's Total Weight on Your Vehicle's Tires body of your vehicle when you install recommendation for attaching safety just If a trailer hitch? you do, thenbe sure chains. Always leave enough slack Be sure your vehicle's tires inflated are you to the limit for cold tires. will find to seal the holes later when remove so you canturn with your rig. And, neve You the hitch.If you don'tseal them, deadly allow safety chains to drag.on the gro these numbers on the Certification/Tire carbon monoxide (CO) from your label at the edge of the driver's rear (See Trailer Brakes exhaust can get into your vehicle. Index under Ere door (or see the the Index under Carbon Monoxide in If your trailer weighs more than h a d i n g ) . Then be sure you don't go Eihaust.) Dirt and watercan, too. 1O pounds (450 kg) loaded, then it OO , over theGVW limit for your vehicle. needs its own brakes-and they must be The bumpers on your vehicle not are Hitches adequate. Be sure to read and follow the intended for hitches.Do not attach It's important to have the correct hitch instructions for the trailer brakes so rental hitchesor other bumper-type equipment. Crosswinds, large trucks you'll be able install, adjust and to hitches to them. Use only a framegoing by, and rough roads are a few mounted hitch that does not attach to maintain them properly. reasons why you'll needthe right hitch. the bumper. Because you have anti-lock brakes,do Here are some rulesto follow: not try to tap into your vehicle's brake Safety Chains If you'll be pulling atrailer that, when system. If you do, both brake systems You should always attach chains loaded, will weigh more than won't work well, or at all. 2,000 pounds (900 kg), be sure to use between your vehicle and your trailer. Cross the safety chains under the tongue a properly mounted, weightof the trailerso that the tongue will not distributing hitch and sway control of drop to the road if it becomes separated the proper size. This equipment is from the hitch. Instructions about safety very important for proper vehicle chains may be provided by the hitch loading and good handling when manufacturer or by the trailer you're driving. 180