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Old 01-23-2008, 08:09 AM
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I have a 99 blazer and have not got a propper hitch set up for it yet but I am kind of in a jam and need to tow a car dolly with a 2000 pound car on it, will my bumper with a ball on it be fine with this load for 15 miles or so?
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Old 01-23-2008, 08:23 AM
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Look on the top of the bumper near the hitch ball. I believe it will show the maximum towing weight and tongue load weight for the bumper.
 
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Old 01-23-2008, 01:12 PM
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the bumper says MAX 350lbs... i think its pretty safe to say that if you tow the car, you'll losethe bumper.

 
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Old 01-23-2008, 01:47 PM
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I believe that is the max tongue weight which is usually ~10% of the max trailer weight, but I would not want to tow anything with my Blazer unless I had a receiver hitch.
 
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Default RE: stock bumper load rating

Yea..I've seen alot of bent down bumpers from people towing off the bumper hitch ball.
 
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i didnt see anything about trailering weight... i saw this thread this morning and just glanced at the bumper as i was throwing my backpack in after school
 
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Yeah, I just looked at my bumper and on the left it says "350 pounds tongue load maximum" and on the right "3500 pounds trailer load maximum". I still don't think I'd want to use the bumper to tow with.
 
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