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?
Forum Discussion
APT wrote:
My 3/4 ton gets 14mpg is mixed driving, 18mph highway non towing. Both are 2mpg better than my 2003 half ton. The 3/4 tons aren't that bad since big blocks went away. Current half tons are getting 16-17mpg in mixed driving and 20mpg highway.
15k miles per year, $4/gal for gas, 17mpg vs. 14mpg is $63/mo extra in fuel. Use your own estimates to understand if $63/mo is your whole salary or not. People like to make wild claims about how bad things are without proper research. It is a compromise for sure so just use real numbers to understand what that is worth.
I am well aware that it's not going to take my whole salary and I'm pretty sure every other person who read my post knew that too. We will already be buying a new (to us) TV, a TT, an increase in gas whether we get a 1/2 ton or 3/4 ton (because what we have now will be better gas mileage than whatever we buy) and then it'd be additional gas and purchase price if we get the 3/4 instead of the 1/2. I'm not trying to complain I'm just saying that when we will already be forking out a hell of a lot at once then $63 could actually feel like a lot on top of it all. Oh and we don't have mixed driving in the vehicle we will be replacing - it's all city.
