itguy08 wrote:
Most of the reasonings for 3/4+ tons towing these trailers are more excuses or justifications for a bigger truck.
While there might be some of that there are enough anecdotal evidence of folks having gone from a 1/2T to a 3/4 and up say the difference between towing the same trailer is night and day to strongly support the larger is better idea. IMO instinctively, towing something that weighs like 1 & 1/2 as much as what you are towing it with just sounds largely fool hearty to me. Unfortunately, now days technology such as the EcoBoost and numerically crazy transmissions has made power for the most part a non issue. However, the tail wagging the dog problem can only be truly solved with a bigger dog. Even the ultra premium hitches such as the HA or PP can only go so far in solving that dilemma.
For me I want more TV than necessary for that "THE WORST DAY" and not for that 95% of the time scenario because you might only get one chance with no "do overs" when Mr. Murphy wakes up on the wrong side of the bed and is extra "CRANKY". My life and those of my loved ones are just too important to go to the roulette wheel with their lives. I've towed quite a bit out west and experienced more than once what those sudden wind shears out of no where on bridges across mtn gorges and the "high desserts/plains cross winds" can do to a normally comfortable towing experience and have never regretted not being over TV capable equipped.
Larry
