Towing Heavy 5er with SRW Truck
I personally don't as my unit is 11k dry. I see a lot of SRW diesel trucks (newer models which I know handle more than older ones) towing huge 5th wheels or toy haulers. Any of you have a setup ...
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Gemstone wrote:
"And the class 7/8 guys look down their noses at the DRW pickup guys!"....that's a bit of a fabrication doncha think ? I'll look forward to you providing an example of that from the archives here.
We are usually more on the informative side than the snobby side. We are always happy to share the reasons why we moved to a big truck, without a "holier-than-thou" attitude. Most of us have "been there, done that" with LDT's and know how easy it is to believe that our beloved LDT can do anything we ask of it.
But the bottom line is safety....what makes YOU comfortable. In my case, it wasn't my chipped Dodge SRW...which had more than enough HP and torque to pull my 19K lb 5th wheel....it just didn't have the stopping power that made me feel in control.
Regards
Gemstone
I was not jabbing at the 7/8 guys! Just trying to make a point with some of the DRW guys. There is always something bigger and better. People have to do want they do sometimes getting the cart before the horse. The weight police here sometimes get a little carried away with what a pickup can or can not do. Guy across from me towed a 36' DRV MS from Maine to Arizona for years with a 2001 2x4 RAM 5 speed manual quad cab LWB pickup. Somehow he made it!
Chris
