What is the weak link?
My current truck has a tow rating of 10,000 pounds. I ordered it equipped with all the towing gizmos. In considering buying a bigger TT, the limiting factor seems to be the carrying capacity, which ...
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Thanks everyone!
I understand the advantages of a 3/4-ton truck, but that is no longer an option. I drove one for 13 years. In that time I got old and I got arthritis in my back. It got to the point where the truck was beating me to death. I traded it on a half-ton and I’m not going back. Besides, for about the cost of a new truck plus a new trailer, I could sell the current TT, buy a used Class A, keep my current truck for my daily driver at home, and tow my wife’s comfortable small car for local transportation when traveling.
I don’t have P class, load range B tires – I ordered the truck with LT class, load range C tires. Rated at 2205 each, per the sidewall info. If necessary, I would be happy to buy load range D or E tires.
GAWR RR for my truck is 3750 per the sticker on the door. Less than the total for the two tires. I don’t know if that is due to the limitations of the soft springs, the axle, or . . . .
I fully understand that the rear springs, axle, and brakes on this truck look pretty puny in comparison to my 2500. I don’t have aspirations of going to something close to what that could carry, which IIRC was something like 3600 pounds.
The manual says the allowable hitch weight with WD is 1100 pounds. I would like to be able to go close to that and still carry another 600 pounds of driver, passenger, dog, bikes, and generator. I’m only looking to go to maybe as much as 1700 pounds instead of the rated 1444, if that’s not unreasonable. Maybe less than 1700 if I don’t have to count that part of the tongue weight that would get transferred back to the TT axle by the WD springs.
Wayne
I understand the advantages of a 3/4-ton truck, but that is no longer an option. I drove one for 13 years. In that time I got old and I got arthritis in my back. It got to the point where the truck was beating me to death. I traded it on a half-ton and I’m not going back. Besides, for about the cost of a new truck plus a new trailer, I could sell the current TT, buy a used Class A, keep my current truck for my daily driver at home, and tow my wife’s comfortable small car for local transportation when traveling.
I don’t have P class, load range B tires – I ordered the truck with LT class, load range C tires. Rated at 2205 each, per the sidewall info. If necessary, I would be happy to buy load range D or E tires.
GAWR RR for my truck is 3750 per the sticker on the door. Less than the total for the two tires. I don’t know if that is due to the limitations of the soft springs, the axle, or . . . .
I fully understand that the rear springs, axle, and brakes on this truck look pretty puny in comparison to my 2500. I don’t have aspirations of going to something close to what that could carry, which IIRC was something like 3600 pounds.
The manual says the allowable hitch weight with WD is 1100 pounds. I would like to be able to go close to that and still carry another 600 pounds of driver, passenger, dog, bikes, and generator. I’m only looking to go to maybe as much as 1700 pounds instead of the rated 1444, if that’s not unreasonable. Maybe less than 1700 if I don’t have to count that part of the tongue weight that would get transferred back to the TT axle by the WD springs.
Wayne
