Confused 1/2ton or 3/4ton ?
Looking at purchasing our first tt and confused by all the different responses as to what truck we should get to tow it. It has a UVWR of 5295 lbs hitch weight of 635lbs. Most are saying to go with a ...
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Something important to point out: the old (and ridiculous) argument that some particular half-ton has the same or higher payload as a 3/4 ton is a meaningless paper statistic.
The half tons are rated toward the top of their real mechanical abilities.
3/4 and one-tons are vastly underrated. Their published payloads are artificially manipulated to fit certain licensing classes, not by their mechanical ability.
The sticker may say it hasn’t got more capacity, but that’s just paper shuffling.
There are plenty of half tons that will tow that trailer, but a 3/4 ton will do it better and be a safer better stronger setup. That’s just how it is.
The half tons are rated toward the top of their real mechanical abilities.
3/4 and one-tons are vastly underrated. Their published payloads are artificially manipulated to fit certain licensing classes, not by their mechanical ability.
The sticker may say it hasn’t got more capacity, but that’s just paper shuffling.
There are plenty of half tons that will tow that trailer, but a 3/4 ton will do it better and be a safer better stronger setup. That’s just how it is.
