Clarification on tow capacity
If a vehicle says it's tow capacity is 9,000 lbs what does that 9,000 pounds include? Obviously the TT plus whatever we have in it and the water in it... But what else?
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jaycocreek wrote:
I feel for you as there are so many locked in cement opinions here. I was and am totally dismayed at some of the responses.
I have been towing RV's for over 50 years and admittedly used mostly 3/4 tons with large engines and in some cases, more springs/better radiator/transmission cooler and a hitch rated to pull out stumps by our heavy equipment welder.:B
Pulled a 40ft Mobile home with a GMC 2500/454 adapted by me for the weight and never had an issue. Pulled a 35ft Jayco fifth wheel for several years with a '76 Ford F-250/390 V8 with a GVWR of 7200lbs without issue and again adapted to the job with towing extras. Ran a 8ft Lance on that same 3/4 ton easily but it appears to have been way over for the rules here.
Since I have a lowly F-150 rated only to 9200 lbs towing, it's time to trim the load and leave the wife's purse and water bottle at home along with the dog food and I'll be okay.:S
My advice to you is to call Titan and ask them there opinion if your worried about it. There the ones that know that vehicle the best and are under obligation to keep you safe, not us opionated internet hero's (laughing).....
Good luck on your trailer and truck choices. Just my personal opinion, nothing more.
And I'm even more DISMAYED by your almost cavalier response and hinting at towing WAY BEYOND a TVs limit is something someone should even speculate about. Your IMO seriously misguided comment about the TITAN and trusting the powers to be in that area to have safety as the most important consideration in my opinion shows me just how apparantly naive you are in this area.
My advice to the OP is to ignore almost even thing you posted and listen to the vast majority of folks saying something different in this thread and I'm in that camp also.
One tidbit is some of the generalized rules on tow capacity and cargo capacity might not apply to some vehicles such as the higher rated FORD VANS. My Van has a max tow of 10K, and a max GVWR of 9500 and I can load to my max TV GVWR and still have my max tow capacity of 10K and infact still be 500lbs below my rated GCVWR which is 20K for my particular Van.
My general thoughts are to GO BIG and BE SAFE and leave how big up to you, but the only non 3/4 or 1T I would consider would be the F150 Ecoboost and then only with the highest or next highest GVWR available and of course the max tow.
Larry
