trailer pullin
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Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,070
From: IL
RE: trailer pullin
ORIGINAL: musicheadt
It's not like the car doesn't have the torque to pull a trailer. Some people have to use their pony for more than show. I wont laugh at someone hauling anything. We DID buy these cars because they are functional AND stylish.
It's not like the car doesn't have the torque to pull a trailer. Some people have to use their pony for more than show. I wont laugh at someone hauling anything. We DID buy these cars because they are functional AND stylish.
I believe the car is rated for 1000 lbs, as stated in the manual. It has a strong motor and rear end, but I am unsure how the transmission and brakes would react to a trailer. It is probably best advised not to approach or exceed the 1000 lb rating on a regular basis.
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,104
From: Houston, TX
RE: trailer pullin
ORIGINAL: laserred02
I agree, to many people on this board don't seem to understand that many of us drive our Mustangs every day for everything. It isn't a second car or a show car, it is my basic transportation, it just happens to look good doing it. While I don't think I would ever use it to pull a trailer, it gets completely loaded full of crap for long trips to the point where the drivers seat is all the space I have. It is just a car after all, and Ford will build more, so when this one wears out in 7-8 years I will just buy another one.
I believe the car is rated for 1000 lbs, as stated in the manual. It has a strong motor and rear end, but I am unsure how the transmission and brakes would react to a trailer. It is probably best advised not to approach or exceed the 1000 lb rating on a regular basis.
I agree, to many people on this board don't seem to understand that many of us drive our Mustangs every day for everything. It isn't a second car or a show car, it is my basic transportation, it just happens to look good doing it. While I don't think I would ever use it to pull a trailer, it gets completely loaded full of crap for long trips to the point where the drivers seat is all the space I have. It is just a car after all, and Ford will build more, so when this one wears out in 7-8 years I will just buy another one.
I believe the car is rated for 1000 lbs, as stated in the manual. It has a strong motor and rear end, but I am unsure how the transmission and brakes would react to a trailer. It is probably best advised not to approach or exceed the 1000 lb rating on a regular basis.
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,547
From: The High Country
RE: trailer pullin
ORIGINAL: laserred02
I agree, to many people on this board don't seem to understand that many of us drive our Mustangs every day for everything. It isn't a second car or a show car, it is my basic transportation, it just happens to look good doing it. While I don't think I would ever use it to pull a trailer, it gets completely loaded full of crap for long trips to the point where the drivers seat is all the space I have. It is just a car after all, and Ford will build more, so when this one wears out in 7-8 years I will just buy another one.
I believe the car is rated for 1000 lbs, as stated in the manual. It has a strong motor and rear end, but I am unsure how the transmission and brakes would react to a trailer. It is probably best advised not to approach or exceed the 1000 lb rating on a regular basis.
ORIGINAL: musicheadt
It's not like the car doesn't have the torque to pull a trailer. Some people have to use their pony for more than show. I wont laugh at someone hauling anything. We DID buy these cars because they are functional AND stylish.
It's not like the car doesn't have the torque to pull a trailer. Some people have to use their pony for more than show. I wont laugh at someone hauling anything. We DID buy these cars because they are functional AND stylish.
I believe the car is rated for 1000 lbs, as stated in the manual. It has a strong motor and rear end, but I am unsure how the transmission and brakes would react to a trailer. It is probably best advised not to approach or exceed the 1000 lb rating on a regular basis.
Same engine and tranny as in a Ranger. Course it will do it. You run into issues with the max weight and suspension.
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From: Houston, TX
RE: trailer pullin
ORIGINAL: my first mustang
JEEZ, You also put a hitch on the back of a Mustang so you canmount a bike rack. Its still just a car, YOUR CAR, do what YOU want with it. FORD says its OK and hitches are available.
JEEZ, You also put a hitch on the back of a Mustang so you canmount a bike rack. Its still just a car, YOUR CAR, do what YOU want with it. FORD says its OK and hitches are available.
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RE: trailer pullin
Absolutely not an acceptable thing to do.
Mustangs make great daily driver's, but there's a difference between using it for shopping trips or the groceries and hauling a trailer. It would very simply look stupid. If you think a Mustang would look okay pulling a trailer, you probably have something seriously wrong with you.
A while ago I saw some clown with a bike rack on his Mustang, and I literally wanted to follow him home and punch him in the face.
Like ODDYSEY so nicely put it, it's a show pony, not a workhorse.
Light work, okay, but pulling a trailer is something which should never be done by a Mustang. Maybe it can be done, in theory, but that doesn't in any way fit the intention of what the car is meant to do.
Mustangs make great daily driver's, but there's a difference between using it for shopping trips or the groceries and hauling a trailer. It would very simply look stupid. If you think a Mustang would look okay pulling a trailer, you probably have something seriously wrong with you.
A while ago I saw some clown with a bike rack on his Mustang, and I literally wanted to follow him home and punch him in the face.
Like ODDYSEY so nicely put it, it's a show pony, not a workhorse.
Light work, okay, but pulling a trailer is something which should never be done by a Mustang. Maybe it can be done, in theory, but that doesn't in any way fit the intention of what the car is meant to do.
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 576
From: South Carolina
RE: trailer pullin
ORIGINAL: raubt
A while ago I saw some clown with a bike rack on his Mustang, and I literally wanted to follow him home and punch him in the face.
A while ago I saw some clown with a bike rack on his Mustang, and I literally wanted to follow him home and punch him in the face.
You need it.
Next time you feel like that,
say goosefraba....