Help deciding on a tow vehicle
Gents/Ladies, I am somewhat new to all of this. Growing up, we pulled a travel trailer for vacations, hunting trips, and fishing trips. All of my experience stems from what my dad taught me, but I...
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You need to narrow down your possible trailers.
5ers need a lot of payload and that's usually the limiting factor, not the tow rating. Therefore, you really want to consider bumping up to the 1 ton SRW...if you think you will go big, dually.
Bumper pulls can typically be handled fine by a 3/4 ton as the hitch weight is about half of the 5er pin weight.
Be careful with 1/2 ton 10,000-11,000 tow rating. Unless you special order, it's almost impossible to get one that will keep all the ratings in line with a trailer that big. Even if it is, you still get bigger brakes and other benefits jumping up to the 3/4-1 ton range.
5ers need a lot of payload and that's usually the limiting factor, not the tow rating. Therefore, you really want to consider bumping up to the 1 ton SRW...if you think you will go big, dually.
Bumper pulls can typically be handled fine by a 3/4 ton as the hitch weight is about half of the 5er pin weight.
Be careful with 1/2 ton 10,000-11,000 tow rating. Unless you special order, it's almost impossible to get one that will keep all the ratings in line with a trailer that big. Even if it is, you still get bigger brakes and other benefits jumping up to the 3/4-1 ton range.
