Terryallan wrote:
bid_time wrote:
GDS-3950BH wrote:
All this drama over towing a 6K trailer 325 miles without a WDH, with a 1500 truck? Amazing.
The weight carrying rating on my F150 with the HDPP and the Max tow package (2500 lbs payload rated) is 500 lbs. Sticker with Weight carrying (500 lbs tongue wt., 5,000 lbs trailer wt) and Weight distributing (1320 lbs tongue, 13,200 lbs trailer wt) load rating is clearly posted on the vehicle hitch. So from your post you think it's ok for me to exceed that rating by a good bit. AMAZING! (I wonder what his insurance company would think of your opinion.)
I think I'll pass on accepting your opinion and go with the manufacturer's opinion instead. As for the OP, he should check out the manufacturer's rating on the hitch on his truck.
Yep, Yep. amazing how many are clueless about safe towing. A 6000lb TT will have a 720lb tongue weight, and will not only overload the hitch, but unload the front axle and can cause loss of control.
Yep, Yep. amazing how you know what the receiver is rated for on the OP's Ram 1500. Do you have ESP? How do you know he does not have a class 5 Curt C15572 rated at 1500 lb weight carrying? If 720 lbs tongue weight overloads the front axles enough to make it so dangerous, what will you do if you need to haul 1200 lbs of topsoil or gravel?
