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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monkey44 wrote:
Well, there is barely safe, barely under the maximum specs of a 1500/150 ... then there is very safe, right into the middle of the maximum specs of a 2500 / 250.
SO, when you're carting around your family, which truck would you rather drive with three of your kids in the back seat?
And, I'd say brakes is one of the major factors -- not weight capacity.
LAST TIME I CHECKED A FIFTH WHEEL OR TRAVEL TRAILER HAS BRAKES!!!! Any properly sized towable should be able to be stopped in an emergency situation by a proper tow vehicle - this includes a brake failure. Do you think for one minute all the trailers out there being towed (from an Ultra Light to a heavy fifth wheel)all have brakes PROPERLY ADJUSTED? Probably not but they are still being towed and stopped.
Your brake argument has been used before and is as false now as it has been previously.
