Are You Buying All These Half-ton Claims?

mich800 wrote:

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.

Could you explain how operating under the mfgs specs is barely safe? Or is this just hyperbole? Is that like driving the speed limit is mostly negligent? If you really cared about your family and others on the road you would drive at least 10 under the speed limit.

Hyperbole, 100%. Again, if you lose your trailer brakes while towing serious weights, you are in trouble.

My Tundra with 9000 lbs behind it will eventually stop without trailer brakes, but it will take a LONG time and not be very fun.

Your Ram 3500 with 25,000 lbs behind it will take a LOT longer to stop that my Tundra with 9,000 lbs.

The Volvo long haul with 80,000 lbs behind it will take even longer than the Ram or the Tundra.

Don't tell me that your Ram is safer than my Tundra cause it has bigger brakes... it still isn't going to stop your trailer very fast. This forum is full of exaggerated claims without factual basis to support the arguments.

I'm all for safety. If I could afford a 1 ton dually and the fuel to drive it to pull my camper, I would probably have one... a Ram with Cummins at that. But, I cannot afford one and DON'T NEED IT. The fearmongering that is spread on this forum is ridiculous.