Opinions wanted.

Terryallan wrote:

SolidAxleDurango wrote:

Terryallan wrote:

slownse wrote:
No one seams to know what heas payload or towing capasety is but most sims ready to jump down heas throat about being to heavy. It is defnetly not 1 ton territory.

Empty pin is 2045. How much is one ton? It is of course 2000lbs, So it is one ton territory. He needs a truck with more than one ton of payload.

So... what connection are you making between the 2045 pin weight and the 'one ton truck' that was suggested?

I believe IF you read the quote, and the answer you will understand. However. Maybe I can make it more clear. 2000lbs is a ton. You need a ton truck to carry a ton. The pin weight is a ton. The truck will be carrying it.

Now you can argue that a 150, or a 250 has 2000lb + of payload. Proving that there is no such thing as a 1/2 ton, 3/4 ton, or 1 ton truck. A 1/2 ton truck, can only carry 1000lbs, a 3/4 ton truck, can only carry 1500lbs, and a ton truck can only carry 2000lbs. We know that todays trucks can carry more than that. But it dosen't change the fact, that you need 2000lbs of payload to carry 2000lbs

Just so you know ... 1500, 2500, and 3500 are just numbers... back in the day a 1 ton could haul 2,000 lbs but that has been long sense dropped. As an example, my 06 dodge DRW 1ton is rated for 12,500 lbs. When I first purchased it it tipped the scales at 7200 ish lbs 12,500 - 7200 is 5,300 So as you can see my 1 ton is capable of more then 2,000 lbs. Now of course people, dogs, tools, bed liner, hitches ETC take away from its abilities.

I'm sure the ford will pull it, but that is a big trailer "friend just got one" and coming home last weekend the wind was forcing him all over the road, not bad but he felt it and that thing is like a sail. mind you he was in a SRW 350 with a diesel. I would love to see some photos of the guy pulling it with a 150 :)