1/2 ton towable - sure

Our new Cougar284RDBWE says right on the side 1/2 towable. Whatever they say????? Maybe the new 1/2 tons????? I sure would not tell anyone that.

laknox wrote:

rickeoni wrote:
But is it 1/2 ton stoppable? I was cut off on the steepest part of the coquihalla yesterday by a semi. He was doing maybe 20MPH and I was doing 55MPH, jammed hard on the binders, the wife braced for impact, but we avoided a collision. Try that with a 1/2 ton pulling a 12000lb load.

Out of curiosity, did you get the semi's truck # and company name? If so, call them and start working your way up the CoC and complain about the moron.

Lyle

No damage done, only a pillow fell of the sofa. Just reinforces my decision to "over-truck". As far as complaining about the driver, the complaints will just fall on deaf ears and will only result in frustration for me.

I`ve got to say, I fell for the old " YOUR TRUCK WILL TOW THAT " when we bought our Keystone Outback. Yes, it pulls it but I "WHITE KNUCKLE" it when I do tow, and I have a 2005 Dodge ram with the hemi and towing package , with beefed up suspension. After replacing the tranny with only 84000 miles on the truck after we bought the FW , we now will wait till next year to get the BIG TRUCK. Expensive lesson, but we love the FW!!!!

rickeoni wrote:
But is it 1/2 ton stoppable? I was cut off on the steepest part of the coquihalla yesterday by a semi. He was doing maybe 20MPH and I was doing 55MPH, jammed hard on the binders, the wife braced for impact, but we avoided a collision. Try that with a 1/2 ton pulling a 12000lb load.

Out of curiosity, did you get the semi's truck # and company name? If so, call them and start working your way up the CoC and complain about the moron.

Lyle

But is it 1/2 ton stoppable? I was cut off on the steepest part of the coquihalla yesterday by a semi. He was doing maybe 20MPH and I was doing 55MPH, jammed hard on the binders, the wife braced for impact, but we avoided a collision. Try that with a 1/2 ton pulling a 12000lb load.

It is 1/2 ton towable, it will hook up and go. Heck I can tow it with our Ranger. I wouldn't WANT to try it.

Yea they say that on my FW but that is BS

gbopp wrote:
And most Tundras can pull the space shuttle. :)

I think it was more like the space shuttle was pushing the Tundra.

I've actually seen the shuttle towed and lifted up on the 747 when stationed at Edwards.

And most Tundras can pull the space shuttle. :)

I had to quit selling cougars, they said 1/2 ton towables but I always felt like a liar.