Tow Vehicle for 22,000 Pounds Plus

Texas Roadrunner wrote:

sayoung wrote:

Texas Roadrunner wrote:
Just wanted to say that I (Texas Roadrunner) am the original poster and I am not a "he". Heat, raw onions, and poisonous snakes are about the only things I hate. As stated initially, just wanted to find out your experiences with towing a heavy fiver, e.g. 22,000 pounds plus with a Ford or Ram. I am grateful to all who took the time to answer my query. Those answers have helped us a good deal. As stated we love our GMC dually, DH really hates to part with it, but we are really concerned about the numbers which tell us we would have problems towing in the mountains, and that is where we go to escape that dreaded heat!

Isn't a 2015 D/A dually rated at 23500 lb 5er.You have as good a TV as you can get now . Try it before you go spend your money and then find out not any better with another rig.

Right now we are at 22,500 lbs. with not a stick of cargo loaded. Although I am not sure of the weight of our cargo, most folks carry 1500 - 2000 lbs, so that would put us over the recommended tow weight and GVWR, hence we feel we should upgrade to a truck with a higher towing capacity.

Load up as if you were going camping and head to a CAT scale and see =exactly= what you weigh. If you're not comfortable with the #'s, =then= start thinking about a different truck. Personally, were I < 1k over GCW, I'd probably still tow it, though some upgrades to the truck, as I previously said, might be in order. Growing up on a farm and towing stupidly heavy stuff with 1/2 ton trucks might cloud my thinking a bit, though... :B

Lyle