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Grit_dog
Dec 02, 2020Navigator
JIMNLIN wrote:
Its all about advertising. A big hp/torque/tow rating draws certain types of owners. Could be a die hard brand thing of some who has to have the biggest in his brand. Or others who have to have any brand that has the biggest specs.
Seems like the comment "but will it stop it" is part of rv cul;ture.
Towing at these weights (30k lbs+) is for commercial purposes. These type trailers can have dual tandem or dual tri axles with 14k-16k lb axle ratings.
In this type of work, just like same trucks pulling a rv, the trucks brakes stops the truck and the trailers brakes stops the trailer. If they don't work that way then get them fixed (any size combo).
LDT size trucks brakes were never designed/engineered to stop the trailer (tow ratings).
Couldn’t have said it better myself. And the same “Will it stop the trailer” comments are usually from the same folks who question towing more than a radio flyer wagon with a half ton and talk about how the bigger “ratings” are safer and how so much better it is to be at a smaller % of your ratings.
The big 3 are doing exactly this, placating the keyboard engineers....and at the same time pushing marketing numbers AND keeping all the folks who really use their trucks and been hauling 25-30k loads of hay for years with a big block Ford Highboy interested in Their new truck.
What’s comical, is generally those that question things like ratings the most and profess their “worldly” knowledge about towing, are the same people who get a chubby because they actually have a camper with a trailer hitch and can do manly “truck things” once in a while.
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