JAC1982 wrote:
2001400ex wrote:
JAC1982 wrote:
Yeah, no.
Our neighbor has a Fuzion 341 that he pulls with his 2500 and it makes me nervous just looking at it and he has said it doesn't do the greatest... very slow going and I can't picture it being that safe. He owns a landscaping company and pulls trailers for his work on the regular so he's more comfortable with it than someone who doesn't haul for a living.
Our trailer is similar specs to yours, weight-wise (12,060 dry), only we're only 38'1" with a 12'6" garage. I don't think we'd ever want to attempt it with anything less than 1 ton. Ours is a dually which we don't absolutely need, but I'm glad we do because most our travel is here in CO and WY, both with mountains and wind. We just did a trip with it and my husband commented that you could feel it working going up a grade, although he was able to maintain 60MPH doing it. That would not be the case with a 2500.
Do you really want to put your family's safety at stake?
The powertrain between a 3/4 and a 1 ton are the same. Some 1 tons have different gear ratios, some don't. But any recent 3/4 has the powertrain to handle the weight.
Cool. I don't know the technical details, but hauling 15,000+lbs with a 2500 still sounds like a terrible idea.
Agreed. I'm about my max with 12k loaded.
