Half-ton vs 3/4 Ton
We have been towing a travel trailer for about 6 years now. Like a lot of Newbies, our first trailer was WAAAYYY too heavy for our TV and for us as newbies. Had white-knuckle experiences for about 6...
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goducks10 wrote:
A 3/4 ton gasser would be perfect. A 3/4 ton diesel will be ok, but a little closer on payload. Before we got our current 5th wheel I towed a 31' 7300 lb TT with my current 12 Ram 2500 CC LB 4x4 CTD. I had zero issues towing with it. I had a tongue weight around 900-950 lbs or so. It's just the wife and I (280 lbs total) so we had plenty of payload left. I towed the same TT with a 2010 F150 before. It was just okay. Moving up to the 3/4 ton made towing effortless.
Your experience is very similar to me. My current 7200# trailer, while not effortless, is very comfortable with my F150 and even with the Armada. When we had the 8500#, not so much. I know all about Cargo capacity and how to find tongue weights and knowing if I am comfortably within the limits of my truck/trailer or not.
I'm just curious, in a similar situation, where 7300# is comfortable, but 8500# is white knuckle, does a 3/4 ton move the needle on 8500# closer to comfortable?
The 1 Ton option is something I had not thought about. Without ever having looked for one, my guess is, there will be a lot fewer of them than there are 3/4 Ton. But definitely something I will look in to.
