trailer pull
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trailer pull
Does my 1998 astro have plug ins for a 7 way trailer wiring hook up? If it does were would I find it. 6cyl, rwd, 8 passenger.How much can this astro pull in trailer weight?
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#2
7 wire
there is nothing existing that you can plug into for any wiring .you would have to hard wire it .i believe there is a stub harness inside the back of the van were the spare tire jack is in the rear corner of the van .you should be able to tow 3500 lb with a class II hitch .with out any special extra equipment .
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hitch
yes you can probably tow up about 5000lb but you will need weight distribution bar set ,add's about $300.00 to the mix and a class III 2" hitch $275.00 , ,ohh and a brake control and 12vt lead .add about another $200.00 if you have to pay to have it done .
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This is where I can offer a few tips. This was me when we upgraded from a popup to HTT. It weighted 5500lbs (just weighted it this year after getting the burban). My van had a 5000 lb capacity with the 3.42 gears. I ended up putting 2 tranny coolers one stacked and the other just a regular fin cooler as just one cooler still had me running 190 to 210 all the time while towing. I also ran a tranny temp guage to verify what i was running. I drove in O/D except when the tranny was searching for gears. (as per my brother inlaw he was a tech for a gm canada dealer) They fixed the problem with the tranny burning up in the mid 90's. I had also changed the rear shock to coilovers. I had a husky weight distrubution system with friction antisway. I got rid of that for a reese dual cam weight distrubution antisway combo. Much better. It towed ok. would I recomend it . Lets just say i'm a confident driver and well we moved up to the burban for a reason. Longer trips. It did hills ok. flats no problems except when trucks went by I had to hug the right solid line of I would be sucked into there lane and yes there is sway. We towed with this set up for 3 years. 10.5 mpg average towing. This is what it looked like before I added everything to the astro. Oh yeah you definatly need a class 3 hitch with weight distrubution if your tounge weight is over 400lbs.
This is what I look like now with the burban.
I would not recomend towing anything 5000lbs unless you know what your getting into and still say stay small until you can get a bigger tv. If I knew then what I know now I would have gotten the bigger tv first. JMO.
Inside the door or glove box there should be a chart with all your rpo codes type them in on this page and it should tell you every option you have and what tow rating you have. http://cadillacfaq.com/rpo/index.php
This is what I look like now with the burban.
I would not recomend towing anything 5000lbs unless you know what your getting into and still say stay small until you can get a bigger tv. If I knew then what I know now I would have gotten the bigger tv first. JMO.
Inside the door or glove box there should be a chart with all your rpo codes type them in on this page and it should tell you every option you have and what tow rating you have. http://cadillacfaq.com/rpo/index.php
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With the correct weight distrubution air ride isn't nesessary in the burban. I managed to get mine level. I actuallly had it up a bit high in the back so I adjusted it to bring it to level. If you dont want weight distrubution then yes air ride would work.
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