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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Also depends on how big your boat is or how rough the road is to the cabin. If you've just got a little 16 footer or something, you shouldn't have a problem towing it with the V6. And if that mountain cabin is on a half decent dirt road, again you'll be fine.
Now, if your boat is a twin V8 powerboat at 30' long & you plan on taking it and your family (with all your stuff) 100 miles every other weekend, I wouldn't recommend using any Blazer from any year. Or if that cabin isn't even on anything that could be considered a trail, tip toeing between boulders and trees for 10 miles, you're going to want to at least put a bit of money into upgrading your old Blazer because its probably outmatched as a stocker with some mud terrain tires.
On the other hand, if like the overwhelming majority of people who own a utility of some sort you don't do anything like that ... this Blazer is the best one ever built.
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The old K5 Blazer/Tahoe (1969-99) could be equipped with either the standard 350, a 6.2 Diesel, or a 454 gas. Depending on model year. It was quite possible to get one equipped to tow up to 7500 lbs.
Now, the S-10 Blazer, 1982-2005, was the one that was never meant to tow much since it’s engines were either a 4 banger or a 2.8-4.3 V6.
The K5 Blazer/Tahoe was and still is the best Blazer ever built. Better than this new piece of front wheel drive-based plastic.
To paraphrarse Doc in Back To The Future Part II:
“Marty, he’s in a K5 Blazer, we’re in a 2019 Blazer. He’d cut through us like we were tin foil”