Need new tow vehicle

Bob Landry wrote:

The Texan wrote:
Amazing how some put down the new 1500 trucks without having any idea what they can and can not do today. The GM 6.2L with the 3.73 rear and 6 speed tranny is more than adequate to tow your trailer anywhere in the US, including the mountains in the west. We routinely tow a 10K trailer out here in the mountains and are very satisfied with the performance and feel very comfortable driving it. Ours has a 2000±# payload and a !0,400# bumper pull or a 10,700# 5er. The Ford F150 is also very capable and is pulling trailers much heavier than yours.

I don't think anyone is intentionally putting down 1/2 ton trucks. By the time you add DW, a couple of kids, 800-900 lbs tongue weight plus the hitch, and some gear in the bed, you are over all of the ratings of a 1/2 ton truck with a large trailer.

So you consider a ½t with 3000# plus payload and a 12,000# plus towing limit numbers as inadequate for towing a "large trailer"? There are factory ½t trucks with those numbers and they have a V-6 engine......