Give them somewhat of a break
I am posting this here because it is one of the few forums I look at. I see a lot of critical reviews of people and their choice of trailer or TV and the research they do. I only ask that we give t...
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fatboy66 wrote:
I went camping in Arkansas last week and watched the procession of 3/4 ton trucks pulling huge 5W's, each sagging badly in the rear. My impression was these guys thought because they have a 3/4 ton diesel, they can tow the world.
I'll bet everyone of them was well overloaded. Scary.
Most are probably like my father in law who thought "I have a 250 diesel pickup and plenty of tow capacity for the trailer" but didnt think about the payload.
He didnt think about his till he asked me my opinion on which toolbox/aux tank combo to get..knowing he has a 250 I told him to hook up the trailer and go make some scale passes to make sure he has enough payload left. Turns out he was fine and loaded with diesel and fiver hes got about 300lbs to spare.
Father in law is a smart guy but it never occurred to him that his big diesel pickup could be overloaded so easily. I bet some of those owners are the same...some also probably dont care though.
