How do you really judge TV adequacy anymore?

troubledwaters wrote:
So far you haven't refuted that the 1500 series trucks are capable of towing within their ratings.
What you have done is advocated that heavy duty trucks serve a purpose also (no argument here).

PS: By the way, that "fairly new truck" has a 500,000 miles on it, and its still going. I'd say he got his money's worth out of it.
I expect to get my money's worth out of my F150 also.

“He” also has what’s regarded as maybe the best auto trans out there and yes it says great things for his Ecodiesel and it’s reliability. I wonder why all the camper haulers don’t use half tons........You should tell them what they’re missing out on. Preach it brotha!
Now I’m usually the first guy to chime in when the rvnet ninnies tell someone they “have” to have a HD pickup to tow something that is within a 1/2 tons wheelhouse. Because it simply isn’t true. It is typically qualified with how much, how many miles, altitude, etc though.
I’ve got a 1/2 ton work truck that I tow heavy with sporadically. Have done it for years with dozens of 1/2 tons. And also with 3/4 tons. Guess which one lasts longer?
I’ll give you a clue.....the 1/2 ton Chevy shelled out the transmission at 60k miles and the springs sag a bit parked next to an identical truck that hasn’t been worked.
Does it still run great? Yup
But I’ve towed more and sometimes heavier and certainly pushed the truck harder with my personal 3/4 ton. 170k Miles, original trans and brake rotors. Can’t say the same for most half tons.

YOU should get off the internet and Take your 1/2 ton and tow the guts out of it. Or stop with the suppositions and do more listening and learning.