New guy, not sure which tow vehicle to choose
Want to start camping with a travel trailer, looking at anything from 26-31ft. I don't have a tow vehicle yet, trying to research it but it's a bit confusing. I was looking at a dodge ram 5.7 hemi ...
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Ncm86 wrote:
The dodge seems to tow more plus more torque and hp, but ford has a bigger pay load. Not sure what's more important or if payload matters that much.
Thanks,
Mike
Payload is more important as almost every time, you'll run out of payload capacity before towing capacity.
Truck manufacturers like to wow people with huge towing numbers but you'll never hit that amount before the tongue weight combined with whatever else is in your truck exceeds your payload. Lots of RV salespeople like to use that number as well to try and sell you a TT that's too big for your truck.
Do a lot of research here and elsewhere and make sure your tow vehicle and TT are a good match.
Also, try and filter out the users here who say that a 1/2 ton is a glorified grocery-getter and anything less than a 3/4 ton is for soccer moms.
