JeffBoyette
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Dan is always right. Its wise to take anything he writes as scripture. Hydraulics only disengage the clutch, the disc and weak pressure plate cause the problems with towing. Not the hydraulics. That and the ride height limited tongue weight capacity long before the rating of the installed hitch. That and the bands being properly tightened in the transmission of the QC. (if your going to do any continuous towing with a QC install a trans temp sensor! Proper driving technique and common sense and you can tow what you want within reason.the hydraulics aren't the weak point for towing - they're a weak point regardless... it's the clutch disc and improper driver usage that causes failures...
but what do i know... i only put 95k miles on the first oem clutch
With my '05 I hauled a 32' Sea Ray Sundance 320 for a friend that had it wet docked. He had me pull it for him 3 hours away to be dry docked. Used a 3 axle trailer that had it balanced to a 350lb tongue weight. Flipped a 6 or a 9" drop hitch upside down to raise the tongue up because my rear was dropped 2 inches with JTSVP blocks. Boat WITHOUT trailer was 13,800 lbs. I even pulled it out of the water from the boat ramp. It pulled it on the highway from 45-50 mph.
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