towing? yes.... towing....

So here is my dilemma.... I have 2 trucks; my b2200 2.2 4cyl , and my hick ford custom with a v8. the problem is i buy honda civics, fix them, and sell them for a living. well i have the best AAA package money can buy but i have to start car-dolly towing these soon myself (or i'll run out of tows and here in oregon, breaking down in the middle of nowhere is not good with a baby in the car). so i need to sell one of these, and i'd like to keep my mazda but i need to be able to tow a civic home. i never buy them further than 35 miles away (salem) and the heaviest civic i buy is exactly 2,390 lbs (ex model) but most are just under 2,000 lbs. i just rebuilt the motor 2 weeks ago and did the clutch at the same time, but do you think the truck can handle this? i can drive carefully of course and it's only for 35 miles; realistically once every other week (some run and i dont have to tow them but about 2 a month i have to tow). anyone have any experience on what this can handle?

dude you live in salem?

soo do i

no, salem is the furthest from me i buy. i live in mcminnville. schweet... so, why does your profile say 88b2200 but you have an older one in the pic?

wait... and what about my towing question!? :l

dude if you drive normal you shouldnt have a problem ,ive seen smaller tranys and smaller vehicles haul far bigger things ,so you should be fine bro,for such a small distance

I gonna throw my .02 in on this one. As a person who tows heavy trailers professionally and on a very regular basis i have to say I have a LOT of towing experience over the years. I have towed a car with my Mazda in the past (1965 Dodge Coronet convertable). I did not tow it very far (10 miles) or very fast but the motors in these truck do have a lot of torque for pulling. My bigger concern for your situation would be stopping. These trucks have OK brakes but stopping a 2,200 pound Civic along with the dolly and the Mazda itself from interstate speeds might be asking a little much. If the car dolly had ANY type of braking system on it then I would not hesitate to do what you are requesting.

my username is 88b2200 because when i came to this site i had a 88b22 and now i got a 84b20

make sense?

You shouldn't have a problem towing the civics. If i were you I would try to find a dolly that has surge brakes on it, the type of brakes that they use on boat trailers. I am not sure if they make they like that, but it wouldn't be that hard to convert it. You should be able to buy the parts to convert it at like Tractor Supply or Northern tool supply. They both have website you can go to to check for the parts.

Ya i agree, I have a friend that pulls a 1700 lb load behind his mazda( fiberglass boat and tandem trailer) big thing to watch for is over heating. His tandem trailer has breaks on it also.

really it doesn't matter how much it weights there is its stopping and the fact is if you don't have good breaks or trailer breaks you might be using AAA on all three, i have an F250 and i still get pushed around when i use my car dolly that's just cause there is that much extra weight pushing behind me at hwy speeds, or if you got the money go ahead and put a fifth wheel attachment that way your load is more centered on the truck instead of the ball mounted in the rear. that's just my input.