Well, with over 5 million miles under my wheels as a commercial driver, I have seen a lot of goofy stuff regarding pickup trucks and what they are trying to yank around. And the majority of times that those situations come up where one eats the ditch or some other situation, the TV was towing more than it should have. And I have seen far more 1/2 tons in these situations than heavier class pickups. Everyone wants to think their 1/2 ton is a real truck. Remember, it is class 1, the bottom end of anything related to trucking. It is basically just a little more than a car on steroids.
This is why the best advice is to get "put the cart before the horse". That means, find the TT one wants and then get the TV that will do the best job of towing it around in all situations. Sadly, too many people have a pickup and then try to make it conform to what they want to do.
