Smpol19 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I have an 01 Impreza OBS 2.2l 5 speed and am thinking about towing my 20' highlander sailboat close to 300 miles with it. Is this a terrible idea? It is a double axel trailer. anything i should do before hand i'm running mobil 1 5w30 in the egine and 75w90 in the trans and dif. is there anything i will be hurting other then the clutch and the breaks. I'm also not exactly sure how much this thing weighs if anyone with more experience has an estimate let me know please. does anyone have eny reconmendation for hitches, draw tie seems to have good prices but i don't know too much about this type of thing any advice would be much appriciated. thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lothar34 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I would find out how much it weighs and check the owner's manual. The max weight for my Forester is 2000lbs with trailer brakes, and that's with the 2.5L engine. Yours may be less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rweddy Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I have an 01 Impreza OBS 2.2l 5 speed and am thinking about towing my 20' highlander sailboat close to 300 miles with it. Is this a terrible idea? It is a double axel trailer. anything i should do before hand i'm running mobil 1 5w30 in the egine and 75w90 in the trans and dif. is there anything i will be hurting other then the clutch and the breaks. I'm also not exactly sure how much this thing weighs if anyone with more experience has an estimate let me know please. does anyone have eny reconmendation for hitches, draw tie seems to have good prices but i don't know too much about this type of thing any advice would be much appriciated. thanks.... It really depends on weight of the boat and trailer. If it is 1000 or less than I would say it would not be an issue, unless you are also going to load the heck out of you car with stuff at the same time. If you are not sure of the weight have someone tow it to a local truck stop, they have scales there and you can pay to have it weighed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smpol19 Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 alright so i found out the boat weighs about 850lbs i'm not sure about the trailer but i'm guessing it can't weigh more then 650lbs to push it past its 1500lbs limit. any sugustions for a hitch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendly_jacek Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 alright so i found out the boat weighs about 850lbs i'm not sure about the trailer but i'm guessing it can't weigh more then 650lbs to push it past its 1500lbs limit. any sugustions for a hitch? I have one from U-haul on my legacy. $200 or so installed, very impressed with quality and wireing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ststephen Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Get a transmission cooler put on there! That will help keep the tranny cool, which is the part that is most likely to be hurt severly by towing. They run about $50 if you do it yourself or ~$150 installed. Might as well drain the radiator fluid per the owners manual. Really, the tranny cooler is a nice thing, I am putting one on my car this week, and I never tow anything. Take care... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lothar34 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Get a transmission cooler put on there! That will help keep the tranny cool, which is the part that is most likely to be hurt severly by towing. They run about $50 if you do it yourself or ~$150 installed. Might as well drain the radiator fluid per the owners manual. Really, the tranny cooler is a nice thing, I am putting one on my car this week, and I never tow anything. Take care... Does he really need it with a 5MT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ststephen Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 LMAO! Well, how embarrasing. I got so excited about my auto-tranny cooler...I would recommend this part for auto-trannies, esp. those who tow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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