I am interested in knowing if a H1 has ever been converted into automobile towtruck, what kind of wieght can the rear axle support and if a vulcan or Holmes Wheellift has ever been installed on a 95 to 99 H1 Please help am interested in buying H1 for this purpose Thanks Wildwill

 

Towing capacity is approximately 8,000#s. Never seen a Hummer tow truck. !0,300# GVWR Not sure a Hummer is the best vehicle for this application.

 

Dont know about a tow truck, but I have installed a fifth wheel in mine, I pull a stock trailer with 8 head of cows like nothing, Trailer loaded is about 13000lbs. And also pull 30' travel trailer sure get a lot of looks.

 

Other than the coolness/novelty of it, the H1 is probably a bad choice for that application. The tow capacity of an H1 (8000#) is similar to an older 1/2 ton pickup -- there are a lot of trucks better suited for this application. A diesel 1-ton pickup would tow much more than an H1 as a car-hauler, and be much cheaper to maintain.

 

get the best of both worlds.... get a nice 1 ton and put a H1 body kit on it...

then you get style and function...

 

this video may help and entertain you...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gh9sMxVVVpw

 

Can you post pics?

Where did you get the hitch?

Thanks,
D.

 

Probably should PM Koboss because this is an old thread and he may not come back to it.

 

So if KoBoss installed a fifth wheel in his I'm assuming he Probably has the SUT version? I have a wagon and I just bought some horses. I was thinking about a bumper pull RV for the EXTRA LARGE "Bug Out Bag" of life, but now that I have horses, at least a 2-horse slant-back with tack room and preferably a small living quarters with bathroom would be ideal. I know I should just get a truck with a fifth wheel, but I want to take my Hummer where mad max can't go. What to do? At least now I know my wheels are light since they are the Aluminum hutchinsons, however, with a full size roof rack and big brush guards, etc, we are constantly adding more weight. My horses each weigh about 1200, so that is quite limiting.

 

I saw one Alpha with a 5th wheel hitch in the back. It was an open top. I pulled an H1 on a trailer up and down the mountains between SoCal and Moab with my Alpha. Probably 9000 pounds. It was a bumper pull trailer. Not sure I would want to try it with. 6.5 TD.