Just weighed in.

ken56 wrote:
I have just pulled down to Dade city FL from Kville TN. Here is what I experienced. It was a little windy when we left so I got some wiggle on the rear end, also when a semi passed me. Hit some hills here and there and RPMs went from about 2100 on flat ground to 3500 to 4000 at times depending on steepness or if I had to pass someone and I stepped on the pedal to get around them in an expedient manner. I hate people that putz and just take their sweet time passing. I kept my speed at 65 and below. Tranny would seek a gear every now and then but otherwise performed well. avgd 10.2 mpg. Biggest thing I notice is my truck pulls great at 55mph and under. It works somewhat hard in my opinion on the e way. I never felt at any time that it was too little of a truck to handle my trailer. Best advice on here is DON'T LISTEN TO THE SALESMENS B.S.

I'm glad everything went O.K., but am still a little confused with some of you statements and what this thread has to do with them such as the initial "OVERKILL" comment in your OP and this last one about "DON'T LISTEN TO THE SAMESMENS B.S.". As I said in my first post your are WELL WITHIN the ratings for your T.V. and are only just barely over the very conservative ROT of the 80% guideline at 83.6% (12540/15000=83.6%). Thus I would have and you shouldn't have expected anything other than a good and pleasant towing experience. In fact the brochure lists the dry wt. of your trailer at 5622 with a dry TW of only 506lbs which I would assume implies a dry axle wt of around 5100lbs. All these numbers are WELL WITHIN the capabilities of most if not all 1/2 trucks and most SUVs so I sure don't see any "OVERKILL" or "SALESMENS B.S." involved here ... In fact your situation is more on the conservative side and you satisifaction of your towing experience seems to confirm that. Often the "OVERKILL" and "B.S." scenarios come when folks start looking at TTs which potential TWs in the 1000+lb arena and have growing or already large familes and want that 30'+ trailer with multiple slide outs and bunk beds that gross in the 8K to 10K range and then try and tow it with a normal 1/2T higher end crew cab truck and expect to throw some misc cargo in the bed to boot. Here it's often not the issue of the truck being able to "PULL" the load, but the lack of "CARGO CAPACITY" to carry the load. It is indeed a "RARE BIRD" that sees their overall wt going down the road gets smaller as they get more camping time under their belt so marginal situations tend to only get worse over time and not better ... sorta like Lucy's growing rock collection the the "LONG, LONG TRAILER" movie.

Larry