CAT 22 transmission weight

Is the Blazer the half-ton truck frame?
Which I believe it was....or used to be?
Now it might be S-10 frame in which case you are nuts! 👍
If you take out the rear seat and get it as far forward over the rear axle as possible, it will drive/handle and brake better as it will place more weight on the front axle.
I would guestimate no more than 1250 pounds?
Why?
Because by deduction you can lift 2 clutch packs, final drive shaft assembly, transmission gears and shafts as separate sub assemblies plus you can manhandle the case around the floor.
So by deduction of manly strength plus factoring in a certain amount of stupidity/ignorance, I come up with the 1250! 😆

[quote="drujinin"]Is the Blazer the half-ton truck frame?
Which I believe it was....or used to be?
Now it might be S-10 frame in which case you are nuts! 👍
If you take out the rear seat and get it as far forward over the rear axle as possible, it will drive/handle and brake better as it will place more weight on the front axle.
I would guestimate no more than 1250 pounds?
Why?
Because by deduction you can lift 2 clutch packs, final drive shaft assembly, transmission gears and shafts as separate sub assemblies plus you can manhandle the case around the floor.
So by deduction of manly strength plus factoring in a certain amount of stupidity/ignorance, I come up with the 1250! 😆[/quote]

Wow, I guess my guestimate is way off. I was thinking it was around 650-700 pounds, which would have been a little over the limit for my S-10 Blazer. I thought, heck I could have five 200 pound men in the Blazer without any troubles. My idea was to put the tranny as far in the Blazer as possible, with the heavy (rear) end up close behind the front seats to get the weight as evenly distributed as possible. Maybe I'll have to go with plan B and rent a trailer from U-Haul.

Any other estimates out there, or better yet, does anyone know for sure what the weight is? Ray

I would not want even 700 lbs. of iron behind me in a vehicle, let alone 1,200 lbs. Even a hard stop could compress the driver between the seat back and the steering wheel. I don't want to imagine what would happen in a collision. Do the trailer.

Jim

Just a thought but most any small landscape trailer would haul that much weight and be a whole lot safer for you. Maybe a neighbor would loan/rent you one.
Have a good day....Bill

Hi Ray, Uhaul have a 6x12 for $50 for a day. I've carried about 1500# on that and it doesn't even feel it
Cheers,
Neil