Are You Buying All These Half-ton Claims?
"All-New F-150 Can Tow a Ram, a Silverado & Haul Two Hondas" Tows 12,200, claimed. (Ford Truck Enthusiasts) I guess we can soon do away with our 3/4 & 1-tonners. In a couple years the capacity rac...
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People get way too hung up on 1/2, 3/4 and 1T designations.
The lines between those are so blurred that they mean very little these days.
Modern 1/2 tons will blow the doors off old heavier rated trucks of yesterday. In part because they themselves are bigger and stronger in every way that matter, than those old trucks.
I had a new Ram 2500 Cummins back in 1993. People thought they could tow absolutely anything. Truth is it was only rated for 7500#. A number any modern properly equipped "1/2T" could handle these days.
The lines between those are so blurred that they mean very little these days.
Modern 1/2 tons will blow the doors off old heavier rated trucks of yesterday. In part because they themselves are bigger and stronger in every way that matter, than those old trucks.
I had a new Ram 2500 Cummins back in 1993. People thought they could tow absolutely anything. Truth is it was only rated for 7500#. A number any modern properly equipped "1/2T" could handle these days.
