Lift+Towing=Good/Bad?

[Hess]

Well I'm debating on lifting my truck... On one main issue, on the weekends I use it to pull the fourwheelers to the park.. Usually 14-18ft trailer with 2-4 fourheelers.. My question is, how do they do when your truck is lifted. As far as ride..wear out of parts ect... I have a 97 gmc ext. Cab z71. I was set on the the Dick Cepek 6.5" on 35/36sX12.50X20... But that's gonna set up pretty good... At this point I really just want my truck to have a nice stance on some 35s but I don't want a body nor do I want it to ride like crap...

Thanks

 

[bizzo15]

Shouldn't affect towing as long as you have the correct gear's to run those 35's. I see lifted trucks towing all the time around here. Just gotta have a drop hitch.

 

[Butch]

gears will help alot if you tow regularly and it would be wise to beef up your brakes other than that I prefer to tow with a lifted truck as you can see much more since you sit higher in traffic and can see stuff develop much faster than other drivers around you.

 

[Hess]

Yea I just put all new rotors and drums, shoes and pads along with brake booster and master cylinder or whatever.

I wish I could just put a leveling kit and 35s like my brother just did on his dodge

 

[bizzo15]

yeah unfortunately it's not as easy on the IFS(independent front suspension) trucks as it is on the SFA(solid front axles trucks) the upside is your truck will ride a lot nicer than his if you lift it correctly

 

[Sully]

and the cepek will definitely lift it properly

 

[Crash]

Unless your going to change the rear leafs, I would do a 2" add-a-leaf & 2" block instead of just a 4" block. It will give you more support for towing, or you could do a helper bag kit. I had a ram that I lifted with add-a-leafs in the back and it towed better then when it was stock.

 

[AbramF_496]

4.88s would be beast heheh helper springs for sure mmhhmm

 

[brodysz71]

im thinking about geting a 6 in dick cepek 6.5 stage 2 but haveing many questions i tow a few times a month

 

[Solid94]

I'm at about 9" of lift on 37s and I have no problem towing. I have a reinforced drop hitch so it won't buckle. But most people are on 35s max and a standard drop is plenty fine