1/2 ton trucks?
So whats the point in 1/2 ton trucks? They can't haul much, are they the grocery getters of the truck world?
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donn0128 wrote:
Not true at all. They do an adequate job if kept within their specifications, just like any pickup truck. The key is the correct tool for the job.
X2 -- It's all in the fine print.
Watch the advertising, they say truck X can pull 11,000 lbs. People see those ads and the only thing they hear is "truck X can pull 11,000 lbs. They assume all truck X's can pull 11,000 lbs. Then the manufacturers build versions of truck X, that can't pull 11,000 lbs.
What the ads don't say is, truck X can pull 11,000 lbs only, if the driver weighs 150 lbs, he is alone, and he has no cargo. They also don't say, truck X can only carry 1500 lbs, and that includes aftermarket accessories, passengers, cargo, and trailer tongue weight, combined. People add a couple hundred pounds of accessories, 5 - 600 lbs of passengers and cargo, and think they can still pull that 11,000 lb trailer, with it's 1500 lb tongue weight.
Prime example -- Toyota Tundra pulling the space shuttle. If that space shuttle had 10 - 15 percent tongue weight, like a travel trailer, it would squash that Tundra like a bug.
