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    Hot Rod Truck Towing Capacity

    Has anyone asked or does anyone know the towing capacity of the truck? I would dream of pulling my trailered Cobra with the 35 Hot Rod Truck, so I thought I'd ask.
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    Since you would be basically towing with a FFR '33 Hot-Rod, I would say the towing capacity would be next to nothing. You might be able to tow 1,000-lbs or so but certainly not a Roadster and trailer. We had a Serpent Express trailer that, with the Roadster loaded up weighed in at 4,000-lbs. I think that's going to be in excess of the '35's capacity for safe towing.

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    Ray,

    Thanks for the quick response. How cool it would have been to pull one with the other.

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    Jay,

    This.....



    But maybe with Magnetic Red in place of the blue

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