If
You
Do
Decide
To
Pull
A
Trailer
If
you do, here are some important points.
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There are many different laws, including speed
limit
restrictions, having
to
do
with
trailering.
M,
cl
k
e sure
your rig
will
be legal, not only where you live but
also where you’ll be driving.
A
good source for this
information can be state or provincial police.
Consider using
a
sway control. You can ask
a
hitch
retailer about sway controls.
Don’t tow a trailer at all during the first
1,000
miles
(
I
600
km)
your new vehicle is driven. Your engine,
axle or other parts could be damaged.
Then, during the first
500
miles
(800
km)
that you
tow a trailer, don’t drive over
50
mph
(80
kdh)
and
don’t make starts
at
full
throttle. This helps your
engine and other parts of your vehicle wear
in
at
the
heavier loads.
Obey speed
limit
restrictions when towing
a
trailer.
Don’t drive fdster than the maximum posted speed
for trailers (or no more than
55
mph
(90
km/h))
to
save wear
on
your vehicle‘s parts.
Three important considerations have to
do
with
weight:
Weight
of
the Trailer
How
heavy
can
a
trailer’ safely be?
It
should never weigh more than
1,000
pounds (450
kg).
But
even that can be
too
heavy.
It
depends
on
how you plan
to
use your rig. For
example, speed, altitude. road grades, outside
temperature and how much your vehicle is used
to
pull
a
trailer are
all
important. And,
it
can also depend on any
special equipment that you have
on
your vehicle.
You can ask your retailer for
OLI~
trailering information
or advice, or you can write
LIS
at:
Customer Assistance Representative
Oldsnlobile Central Office
920
Townsend Street
P.O.
Box
30095
Lansing,
MI
48909
In
Canada, write
to:
General Motors of Canada Limited
Customer Assistance Center
I908
Colonel Sam Drive
Oshawa, Ontario
LIH
8P7.
4-31
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