More important in TV - Weight or Wheelbase
Looking at options for a new TV that will also be a DD. Trying to avoid a 3/4 ton truck if possible, in favor of 1/2 ton or full size SUV. Would be towing a 30' TT - Dry weight 5500 lbs and we add a...
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Bedlam wrote:
Getting back to the wheelbase question:
I used to tow a tent trailer with a little Mazda 4-cylinder pickup or Ford 6-cylinder Bronco II. The Mazda's longer wheelbase did make towing that trailer easier than the more powerful Ford.
At some point wheelbase seems to matter less. I had a short bed extended cab F250 that towed an 11,500 lb trailer and 8,000 lb trailer on a 28" receiver extension without issue. I never felt that the trailers were trying to push my truck around even though it was one of the shortest wheelbases offered in the F250.
I know that a heavier tow vehicle has less trailer affected movement. My F250 was loaded to 19,500 lbs GCW with either setup, so you can see I was not pulling those trailers around with an empty truck. That goes back to why a similarly sized F250 to a F150 may pull the same trailer better - The mass of the truck is less likely to get pushed around. Sorry, I'm digressing again...
I have also contemplated weigh ratios in the past also and came up with this.
Lets say I have a 5450lb 150 towing a 8k TT. The truck weight to trailer ratio is 68% So the truck is 68% of the TT's weight.
Now lets say you have a 8560lb 350 dually pulling a 15k fiver.
That truck to trailer ratio is 57% so that 350 dually weighs 57% of what that 15k fiver weighs. So in reality the 150 should get pushed around less than that 350 dually does pulling that 15k fiver around.
