Hi, I had a 71 Gremlin that I used to haul freshly cut firewood out of the woods. I used the car on the road but its "after life" revolved around just being a tractor. I typically cut a lot of Beach and Oak which is extremely heavy when it is first cut. I loaded up the car with so much wood that threr was barely room to drive it out of the woods. It was a stick shift and I remmember how with a full load I could let the car almost idle itself up and down the hills of Ohio. The cars are incredible and are almost as strong as jeeps. With all that said, I would still be concerned about towing. The car has a relivly light rear end and if you exceeded the towig capacity the object you are towing would "push" the car and you would break traction. BMP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]