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Last Post 23 May 2009 11:57 PM by Reinovator. 4 Replies.
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14 Aug 2008 10:53 PM
    Hi everyone,
     I'm new here and new to old rv's but not old Dodges. In January I purchased a 1977 Jamboree. It's a 20' on a dodge f-40 chassis. It has 75,000 original miles and is in good shape now that I've replaced almost every piece of hose and every gasket in the engine and transmission. The drivetrain consists of a 440engine, 727trans and a gear vendors overdrive.

    My question is, does anyone know the towing capacity of this rig? I have a 77 Ramcharger I would like to tow 4-down. It weighs just under 5,000 lbs. It has basically the same engine and trans. which might help in a breakdown situation(spare parts).

    Any help is appreciated.
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    17 Aug 2008 01:54 AM
    have you tried here?

    they wander quiet a bit from just rv's but there is usually someone there that can answer/guess the questions.
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    17 Aug 2008 10:40 AM
    Thanks, I posted the question there as well.
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    23 May 2009 12:45 AM
    I have 1978 Brougham Dodge chassiss with 440-1 and 727 flite and the GVW towing listed is 10,000 lbs
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    23 May 2009 11:57 PM
    at one time there was a stabilizer type tow bar you could get for towing heaver vehicles but I have not seen one in a while as the before mentioned bigger seems to wander better to trailer it. don't expect fast acceleration though. and make sure the trailer has or vehicle has a brake away brake system more and more states are requiring it
    shouldn't have much of a problem towing it though
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