Pulling with half ton!
Hey gang. New to the site, and surprisingly for being Canadian, new to RV'ing. Just buying a 2007 Jayco JayFeather 29D. GVW is 7050 lbs. My question for you experienced towers is this: I have a 2...
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afidel wrote:Jpbeck1 wrote:
I tow with a half ton, and I'd run out of CCWR long before I'd run out of tow ability. I think my cargo capacity is only 1700lbs or something like that, but I can tow 10,000. Once you get that 500-600 hitch weight on the back, you are creeping up to that limit. It's deceitful the way these truck companies advertise.
Add up how much everyone weighs, and what you put in the truck bed, you'll see what I mean.
It's not deceitful, it's just your use case doesn't match what is being tested, which is a single contractor towing a heavy load to a job site. Unfortunately what the engineers tested and what the salesman at the stealership thinks it means is often very different.
After I posted it I thought the same thing.
