Answering "How Much" Questions

Sounds good...link to a glossary...

Do you have a recommended link? While these terms make sense to you and I... Joe or Jane average has a limited if non existent understanding of them. But if there is a place we can point people to to gain a universal understanding I am all for it.

Thanks for the feedback! Please keep it coming!

Jeremiah

I have found Ford has an excellent towing guide and lot of good info including deducts from tow ratings for altitude and wind resistance frontal area. I have not looked at any GM tow ratings but I think Ram does a pretty good job as well. Ford's tow guide is on line and covers cabover campers as well as fifth wheels and tow behind travel trailers. I think what you are doing is good if you bring clarity to the relationship between payload and max allowable tow ratings especially for the half ton tow vehicle crowd. As you move into the one ton trucks the relationship almost becomes the opposite--they can easily handle the tongue weight or fifth wheel weights especially duallys. Ram and others now offer one ton duallys that can carry 6000+/- pounds or more payload, often far more payload available than the ability of the truck to tow heavy trailers or fifth wheels especially the gas engines. An example would be Ram's new 6.4 gas engine in a one ton dually. It will run out of tow capacity (16,000 with the 4.10 axle) long before it runs out of payload capacity for pin weights of around 3200 pounds. And the hitch maybe another 200-250 pounds, all well below payload capacity.