Bay Area, CA to College Station, TX

[zaneish]

Hey guys, new here and wanted to check in about my summer plans with a clean 1994 GMC Sierra 1500 Club Cpe 141.5" WB 4WD I recently picked up.

I plan to rent a trailer from U-Haul to tow my 1989 Cadillac Brougham - I'll also be loading the truck to the gills with my sport bike and all my stuff...

Scale of 1-10, how sound is this plan? Truck has 250k miles, with a claimed recent trans rebuild (its got the NP4500 5-speed). Should I look into beefing up the diff or adding a cooler? I know these trucks are typically solid if treated right but want to be thorough.

Thanks,
Zaneish

 

[fancyTBI]

You can do all the upgrades you want but you’ll never be able to legally tow more than what the truck is legally rated for on the door sticker.

 

[93bluesilverado]

u haul may not rent you a trailer for that load. I pulled 8500 lb enclosed trailer with car and parts with 93, auto 3.42 gears and did OK but struggled on hills. note was new when I did and trailer was mine. also local tx u haul couple years ago refused to rent trailer to me to haul 70 vette with same truck with 385,000 miles on it. good luck