i found a couple trackers cheap about 2 hours from me i can drive one home mayby gotta go check them out first but the other has to be towed i think i can get a car trailer buddy uses to haul his civic to the track not sure how much it weighs or rent one from u-haul but do u think a 5 speed 8v tracker could haul this trailer with a tracker on it?
1,500lbs
U.S. 1997 and later 4-Door Tracker claims 1,500 in door jam. Same for all 4-Doors (excluding XL-7) even V6.
He says right in his original post that it's an 8v, which means it's older than 95-96
i checked my chilton repair cd and it says to find out the towing compacity muiltply the engines hp by 35. then subtract the weight of passengers and any cargo. the number that is left would be the max. about of weight a tracker can tow. so if you have the 1.6l 16v motor multiply 98 by 35 which is 3430.then subtract passengers and cargo. say 400lbs for passengers and cargo which equals 3030lbs. keep in mind that weight includes the trailer, so if you have a car dolly thats what 400-500lbs? so 2530lbs is the most a car can weigh.
Max HP of an 8v tracker is 85, so multiply 85 by 35 and you get 2975. If you stick with your 400lb estimate for passengers and cargo(which I would take up 3/4 of just by myself
) you end up with 2575 pounds, then 400-500 pounds for the dolly and around 2075 is the max the towed car can weigh...
Or you could just look up the factory recomended towing capacity and find out that it's listed as 1000 pounds max total....
