Grit dog wrote:
toedtoes wrote:
Don't worry as much about the model numbers. Focus on the payload. There are some 1500s with a greater payload than some 2500s or even 3500s.
Look at how different options and models change the payload of the truck.
Which is actually more flawed than going off model numbers. And proof that you’re speaking about something which you do not understand in the least.
Using a model number to determine whether a truck is capable of towing a certain trailer misses the fact that different trims have different capacities. Find the truck with the right capacities regardless of the model number. A 1500 standard cab can have a greater payload than a 2500 crew cab specialty trim truck.
In the OP's situation, the trailer's GVWR is just under 80% of the current truck's towing capacity. It is not too much trailer for that truck according to THAT number.
But the payload of the current truck is likely to be too low, once the truck is loaded, to handle the tongue weight of the trailer. That is the weak point in the OP's scenario. So finding a truck with a greater payload to handle the tongue weight is the key.
I am pointing this out according to the ratings. For those who disregard the ratings as overrated (pun intended), then that is a different argument - one that I have discussed above thread. But for those who don't disregard the ratings, my argument holds true.
