Tow Vehical
Well I bit the bullet, went out a bought a new 5th wheel and need some advise. What tow/ truck should I look into, the dry load is approx. 11298lbs, the GVWR is Rated at 15000lbs. What truck would y...
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720Deere wrote:The amount of rubber touching the road is called traction. Traction is used for a lot of things. Besides 3/4 ton were around a long time before the 1 ton srw. 3/4 ton did not evolve from a 1 ton srw. JMHO.Atom Ant wrote:john&bet wrote:?? Let's take it a step further, let's just eliminate the 3/4 ton. Why de-rate a perfectly good SRW 1-ton with lighter axles and springs ;)
My opinion is that there should be no such thing as a 1 ton srw. Thier tires are the same so thier contact point with the road is the same as a 3/4 ton. JMHO.
Exactly! The 1 ton SRW is everything that a 3/4 ton should be. With the half tons creeping up on the 3/4, the decision to buy a 3/4 over a 1 ton never made any sense to me. As far as the tires go, most everybody has a 20" wheel option these days and those tires ratings are more in line with what the rear axle is capable of. Not sure what the contact patch has to do with it.
If you eliminated the SRW 1 ton, you would force a lot of people that don't need it into driving a dually. No thanks, I'll stick with the more legally capable version of the SRW truck.
