Towing Capacity of an Xtreme

xtreme4life · 03-10-2003, 12:38 PM

I own a 2000 xtreme 4.3L ... just wanted to know the towing capacity of it,

Reason being i want to tow my show car to different shows instead of driving it, and needed to know if my X will be able to tow it on a flat bed trailer with any problems???

any help is appriciated.. thanx,

-danny

Psychobrick · 03-10-2003, 12:49 PM

the towing capacity is listed on a little blue and white sticker on the rear bumper...

winz02 · 03-10-2003, 04:43 PM

i don't know about you, but they told me specifically not to tow anything. i think the sticker on mine said the same thing also...

hardlydangerous · 03-10-2003, 10:01 PM

I think they put the NO towing sticker on there because of the rear bumper design...
I have seen a hitch on an X but the licence plate flips up and there was a hole in the bumper for the hitch reciever.
Hell if I can tow a trailer with my 4 banger eagle talon, any chevy extreme can.
Finding a hitch to fit may be a real treat though.
Hidden hitch or Reese may have something

xtreme4life · 03-11-2003, 09:25 AM

So just as long as i dont tow from the bumper im ok?... i can just find a hitch that will attatch to the frame...

thanx for your help..

-danny

~~Phildo~~ · 03-11-2003, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hardlydangerous
Hell if I can tow a trailer with my 4 banger eagle talon, any chevy extreme can.

you may be right, but we're not talking about that rare Extreme...we're talkin about the Xtreme

Dan Plante · 03-11-2003, 12:24 PM

You definitely can't tow a 3500lb car with a Xtreme. It won't do it. Your rear bumber will be hitting the ground. The only thing you can tow would be like a light trailer with Jet Ski or Snow mobile or 4wheeler or something light like that. I wouldn't risk ruening my truck just to tow something. Drive the damn show car.

LOW_PSI · 03-11-2003, 12:42 PM

The Blazer X comes factory with a hitch. I was able to tow my 21' Scarab with it no problem. Up and down boat ramps. I beleive it weights upwords of 3000 lbs.

Dan P. A car trailer has a very heavy tounge weight. That is why. My boat has a tounge weight of about 270 lbs. If your going to tow long distances definatly get a trans cooler.

My wife's Trailblazewr has a towing capacity of 7200lbs. It pulls my boat like its not even there.

xtreme4life · 03-11-2003, 02:34 PM

My car weights about 2300 i think, or close to it..

and i would be towing it about 400miles each way.. so the Trans cooler sounds like a good idea also..

i will give it a try and see what happens ....

thanx for all your help

-danny

suicidal · 03-11-2003, 02:38 PM

Quote:

i don't know about you, but they told me specifically not to tow anything. i think the sticker on mine said the same thing also...

02-xtreme · 03-11-2003, 05:00 PM

they take out a leaf to lower the x i wouldnt tow unless you did some kind of susp. upgrade

davinator36 · 03-15-2003, 09:42 PM

LOW_PSI

Are you at stock height towing? Or did you lower at all with those rims? I want to pull a 1000lbs enclosed trailer for my Moto bikes and trying to figure out how to do it. I am getting a hidden hitch and trans cooler. Right now I am at 2/3 and want to go lower or get bags? How reliable would bags be towing?

SteveP · 03-16-2003, 02:45 PM

I tow and open 5x8 trailer w/ 2 sportbikes on the back no problem.

XonAir · 03-19-2003, 06:56 PM

500lbs is the max i believe. now get some helper bags and you will be ok thats if you want to haul more

xtreme4life · 03-20-2003, 08:55 AM

Are you talking about Air Bags?? Those will help with the towing??

thanx,
danny

XonAir · 03-20-2003, 10:51 AM

yes i am talking about airbags

xtreme4life · 03-20-2003, 12:00 PM

awsome.. is there a sertain size or lbs wise airbag that i would have to go with.. or just any will do??

later,
danny

XonAir · 03-20-2003, 12:39 PM

they make a stablization kit that is air over leaf which is legal.you can get a regular rear kit which normaly comes in 3200 lbs it could haul

xtreme4life · 03-20-2003, 01:46 PM

How much are we talking about in $$$...

thanx man,
danny

XonAir · 03-20-2003, 05:46 PM

depends on what you get i think www.jcwhitney.com has the air over leaf kits

Xtrememan · 03-21-2003, 09:56 PM

I have a 2000 Xtreme and I pull a 18 foot boat weighing 3000 lbs and I dont have any problems at all. I had to install the hitch myself because installers see the sticker on the bumper or call the 1-800 GM number only to find out that it could void your warranty. I have had mine in for a few warranty problems and the dont say anything about the hitch and it is a big class 3 5000 lb hitch.

LOW_PSI · 03-22-2003, 09:09 PM

When I was towing my boat with my Blazer X it Didn't have bags. Now that it has bags and blocks in the rear I can't tow with it because the damn thing sitts too low even fully aired up.

XonAir · 03-22-2003, 10:19 PM

well a xtreme with no blocks or lowering components will be able to haul bcause it wont sit low

xtreme4life · 03-24-2003, 01:11 PM

Yea mine is not lowered at all.. its all stock,

so now your saying i can tow my car with my X?? :headbang:

Xtrememan · 03-24-2003, 06:33 PM

It shouldent be a problem !

midniteX3 · 04-04-2003, 12:42 AM

hey i towed my boat with the back bumper on my X works fine there is no difference in the strength of the back bumper on an X or say a ZR2 there the same bumper and everything just cut out the hole where it says to on the bumper and throw on the ball and your set. as for the ones takin your X to have a hitch put on just peel off the sticker

CraigLC 91Jimmy · 04-04-2003, 10:48 AM

Okay now seriously... If this is a full body car with a decent size car trailer I personally think you would be nuts to tow this any distance at all with anything the size of an s-10. Not only will the motor be killing itself as will the suspension but good luck braking in any distance short of a football field. When is the last time you ever saw an s-10 towing a vehicle? yeah, I have never seen it either. No one vehicle can be all things to all people. The s-10 (xtreme or not) was not designed to tow anything heavy. Bikes and quads or jetskis fine... a 3500 pound car on a 1500 pound trailer? You WILL kill your truck. Here is another thought. The S-10 is not all that heavy itself. A full size car on a trailer has a tendancy to sway a little back and forth. If your back end isn't heavy enough it will cause your towing vehicle to pull side to side as well. I speak with experience. If you decided to do this you will have to upgrade your suspension... you will need a tranny cooler and you had better get electric brakes on your truck and trailer. Even then you will likely taker years off the life of your truck with every tow. If it was me... rent a uhaul and a car trailer. or find a friend with a truck more suited to towing.

XonAir · 04-05-2003, 09:00 PM

weird my buddy just towed his saturn he got fro the action lat week with his 99 4.3 s10 .. h also has the air over leaf set up to level his ride. he has rear discbrakes and the trailer has brakes.IT towed just fine fr 1500 miles. granted he dont haul ike that all the time but still he did

bigred110 · 04-09-2003, 07:28 PM

Personally I will never use the bumber hitch. After a will your bumber hitch will look like **** from towing with it. My friends dad used his bumber hitch on his full size truck and his bumber looks like **** now, he has a real hitch on it now. I got the reese multi fit (class III) on my S-10X, it fits pretty good haven't really used it yet. If my S-10X can't pull my 10' foot enclosed trailer I'll be pissed off :mad: , my el camino pulled the trailer pretty easy.

S10racing247 · 04-09-2003, 08:04 PM

ok xtreme4life this is what you need to do in order to tow a car on a trailor. CRAIGLC doesnt have much faith in our truck but today i just pulled a 1500 lb trailor with a 3600 lb load on it. 5100 lbs total. NO problem. the trailer has 2 axles which is a must and brakes which is absolutley neccesary. its like i wasnt even using my brakes the trailor did it all. i dont have an X but you can get a reciever that bolts to the frame like i used to have and then go to AIR LIFT and they have a bag kit for loads specifically for your truck. you can also get a roll pan like i have now with a hidden hitch. up to you tho. but it is totally possible.

Rocky

bigred110 · 04-12-2003, 01:32 AM

Hey here is a

If you really want to know your max towing capacity, look in your S-10 book in your glove box. Mine said something like 5000lbs or so is the max trailer weight.

03-10-2003, 12:38 PM	#1
xtreme4life Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 65 Location: Mechanicsville, Maryland User is: OffLine	Towing Capacity of an Xtreme I own a 2000 xtreme 4.3L ... just wanted to know the towing capacity of it, Reason being i want to tow my show car to different shows instead of driving it, and needed to know if my X will be able to tow it on a flat bed trailer with any problems??? any help is appriciated.. thanx, -danny
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03-10-2003, 12:49 PM	#2
Psychobrick Dain Bramaged Member Age: 30 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,609 Location: Fort Wayne, IN User is: OffLine	the towing capacity is listed on a little blue and white sticker on the rear bumper...
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03-10-2003, 04:43 PM	#3
winz02 dalydraggn Age: 32 Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 675 Location: maryland User is: OffLine	i don't know about you, but they told me specifically not to tow anything. i think the sticker on mine said the same thing also...
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03-10-2003, 10:01 PM	#4
hardlydangerous H-D motorsports Age: 35 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 654 Location: Ontario, Canada User is: OffLine	I think they put the NO towing sticker on there because of the rear bumper design... I have seen a hitch on an X but the licence plate flips up and there was a hole in the bumper for the hitch reciever. Hell if I can tow a trailer with my 4 banger eagle talon, any chevy extreme can. Finding a hitch to fit may be a real treat though. Hidden hitch or Reese may have something
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03-11-2003, 09:25 AM	#5
xtreme4life Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 65 Location: Mechanicsville, Maryland User is: OffLine	So just as long as i dont tow from the bumper im ok?... i can just find a hitch that will attatch to the frame... thanx for your help.. -danny
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03-11-2003, 10:03 AM	#6
~~Phildo~~ Dildoans Age: 29 Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 18,125 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN User is: OffLine	Quote: Originally posted by hardlydangerous Hell if I can tow a trailer with my 4 banger eagle talon, any chevy extreme can. you may be right, but we're not talking about that rare Extreme...we're talkin about the Xtreme
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03-11-2003, 12:24 PM	#7
Dan Plante Registered User Age: 34 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,850 Location: Franklin, MA User is: OffLine	You definitely can't tow a 3500lb car with a Xtreme. It won't do it. Your rear bumber will be hitting the ground. The only thing you can tow would be like a light trailer with Jet Ski or Snow mobile or 4wheeler or something light like that. I wouldn't risk ruening my truck just to tow something. Drive the damn show car.
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03-11-2003, 12:42 PM	#8
LOW_PSI Lease is up in 2004 Age: 36 Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 292 Location: Downriver, Michigan User is: OffLine	The Blazer X comes factory with a hitch. I was able to tow my 21' Scarab with it no problem. Up and down boat ramps. I beleive it weights upwords of 3000 lbs. Dan P. A car trailer has a very heavy tounge weight. That is why. My boat has a tounge weight of about 270 lbs. If your going to tow long distances definatly get a trans cooler. My wife's Trailblazewr has a towing capacity of 7200lbs. It pulls my boat like its not even there.
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03-11-2003, 02:34 PM	#9
xtreme4life Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 65 Location: Mechanicsville, Maryland User is: OffLine	My car weights about 2300 i think, or close to it.. and i would be towing it about 400miles each way.. so the Trans cooler sounds like a good idea also.. i will give it a try and see what happens .... thanx for all your help -danny
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03-11-2003, 02:38 PM	#10
suicidal Resident Wetback Age: 29 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,888 Location: Burgaw, NC User is: OffLine	Quote: i don't know about you, but they told me specifically not to tow anything. i think the sticker on mine said the same thing also...
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03-11-2003, 05:00 PM	#11
02-xtreme Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 31 Location: nj User is: OffLine	they take out a leaf to lower the x i wouldnt tow unless you did some kind of susp. upgrade
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03-15-2003, 09:42 PM	#12
davinator36 Picture me rollin Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 354 Location: Antioch IL User is: OffLine	LOW_PSI Are you at stock height towing? Or did you lower at all with those rims? I want to pull a 1000lbs enclosed trailer for my Moto bikes and trying to figure out how to do it. I am getting a hidden hitch and trans cooler. Right now I am at 2/3 and want to go lower or get bags? How reliable would bags be towing?
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03-16-2003, 02:45 PM	#13
SteveP Registered User Age: 31 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Jacksonville, Florida User is: OffLine	I tow and open 5x8 trailer w/ 2 sportbikes on the back no problem.
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03-19-2003, 06:56 PM	#14
XonAir LOWKEY Age: 30 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,954 Location: maryland User is: OffLine	500lbs is the max i believe. now get some helper bags and you will be ok thats if you want to haul more
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03-20-2003, 08:55 AM	#15
xtreme4life Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 65 Location: Mechanicsville, Maryland User is: OffLine	Are you talking about Air Bags?? Those will help with the towing?? thanx, danny
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03-20-2003, 10:51 AM	#16
XonAir LOWKEY Age: 30 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,954 Location: maryland User is: OffLine	yes i am talking about airbags
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03-20-2003, 12:00 PM	#17
xtreme4life Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 65 Location: Mechanicsville, Maryland User is: OffLine	awsome.. is there a sertain size or lbs wise airbag that i would have to go with.. or just any will do?? later, danny
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03-20-2003, 12:39 PM	#18
XonAir LOWKEY Age: 30 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,954 Location: maryland User is: OffLine	they make a stablization kit that is air over leaf which is legal.you can get a regular rear kit which normaly comes in 3200 lbs it could haul
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03-20-2003, 01:46 PM	#19
xtreme4life Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 65 Location: Mechanicsville, Maryland User is: OffLine	How much are we talking about in $$$... thanx man, danny
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03-20-2003, 05:46 PM	#20
XonAir LOWKEY Age: 30 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,954 Location: maryland User is: OffLine	depends on what you get i think www.jcwhitney.com has the air over leaf kits
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03-21-2003, 09:56 PM	#21
Xtrememan Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2 Location: Ontario User is: OffLine	Towing I have a 2000 Xtreme and I pull a 18 foot boat weighing 3000 lbs and I dont have any problems at all. I had to install the hitch myself because installers see the sticker on the bumper or call the 1-800 GM number only to find out that it could void your warranty. I have had mine in for a few warranty problems and the dont say anything about the hitch and it is a big class 3 5000 lb hitch.
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03-22-2003, 09:09 PM	#22
LOW_PSI Lease is up in 2004 Age: 36 Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 292 Location: Downriver, Michigan User is: OffLine	When I was towing my boat with my Blazer X it Didn't have bags. Now that it has bags and blocks in the rear I can't tow with it because the damn thing sitts too low even fully aired up.
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03-22-2003, 10:19 PM	#23
XonAir LOWKEY Age: 30 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,954 Location: maryland User is: OffLine	well a xtreme with no blocks or lowering components will be able to haul bcause it wont sit low
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03-24-2003, 01:11 PM	#24
xtreme4life Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 65 Location: Mechanicsville, Maryland User is: OffLine	Yea mine is not lowered at all.. its all stock, so now your saying i can tow my car with my X?? :headbang:
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03-24-2003, 06:33 PM	#25
Xtrememan Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2 Location: Ontario User is: OffLine	It shouldent be a problem !
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04-04-2003, 12:42 AM	#26
midniteX3 Registered User Age: 29 Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 41 Location: Connecticut User is: OffLine	hey i towed my boat with the back bumper on my X works fine there is no difference in the strength of the back bumper on an X or say a ZR2 there the same bumper and everything just cut out the hole where it says to on the bumper and throw on the ball and your set. as for the ones takin your X to have a hitch put on just peel off the sticker
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04-04-2003, 10:48 AM	#27
CraigLC 91Jimmy Registered User Age: 34 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 288 Location: Andover, CT User is: OffLine	my 2 cents Okay now seriously... If this is a full body car with a decent size car trailer I personally think you would be nuts to tow this any distance at all with anything the size of an s-10. Not only will the motor be killing itself as will the suspension but good luck braking in any distance short of a football field. When is the last time you ever saw an s-10 towing a vehicle? yeah, I have never seen it either. No one vehicle can be all things to all people. The s-10 (xtreme or not) was not designed to tow anything heavy. Bikes and quads or jetskis fine... a 3500 pound car on a 1500 pound trailer? You WILL kill your truck. Here is another thought. The S-10 is not all that heavy itself. A full size car on a trailer has a tendancy to sway a little back and forth. If your back end isn't heavy enough it will cause your towing vehicle to pull side to side as well. I speak with experience. If you decided to do this you will have to upgrade your suspension... you will need a tranny cooler and you had better get electric brakes on your truck and trailer. Even then you will likely taker years off the life of your truck with every tow. If it was me... rent a uhaul and a car trailer. or find a friend with a truck more suited to towing.
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04-05-2003, 09:00 PM	#28
XonAir LOWKEY Age: 30 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,954 Location: maryland User is: OffLine	weird my buddy just towed his saturn he got fro the action lat week with his 99 4.3 s10 .. h also has the air over leaf set up to level his ride. he has rear discbrakes and the trailer has brakes.IT towed just fine fr 1500 miles. granted he dont haul ike that all the time but still he did
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04-09-2003, 07:28 PM	#29
bigred110 Registered User Age: 29 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 195 Location: Delano, CA User is: OffLine	Personally I will never use the bumber hitch. After a will your bumber hitch will look like ** from towing with it. My friends dad used his bumber hitch on his full size truck and his bumber looks like ** now, he has a real hitch on it now. I got the reese multi fit (class III) on my S-10X, it fits pretty good haven't really used it yet. If my S-10X can't pull my 10' foot enclosed trailer I'll be pissed off :mad: , my el camino pulled the trailer pretty easy.
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04-09-2003, 08:04 PM	#30
S10racing247 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 219 Location: Upland, CA User is: OffLine	ok xtreme4life this is what you need to do in order to tow a car on a trailor. CRAIGLC doesnt have much faith in our truck but today i just pulled a 1500 lb trailor with a 3600 lb load on it. 5100 lbs total. NO problem. the trailer has 2 axles which is a must and brakes which is absolutley neccesary. its like i wasnt even using my brakes the trailor did it all. i dont have an X but you can get a reciever that bolts to the frame like i used to have and then go to AIR LIFT and they have a bag kit for loads specifically for your truck. you can also get a roll pan like i have now with a hidden hitch. up to you tho. but it is totally possible. Rocky
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04-12-2003, 01:32 AM	#31
bigred110 Registered User Age: 29 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 195 Location: Delano, CA User is: OffLine	Hey here is a If you really want to know your max towing capacity, look in your S-10 book in your glove box. Mine said something like 5000lbs or so is the max trailer weight. Last edited by bigred110 : 04-12-2003 at 01:46 AM.
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