Yet another tow/weight question...
First time poster. I anticipate become a full-fledged member of this site/community as I get started. Like many, I am confused about my truck's towing capacity. I've read every word of this thread ...
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Sounds like you are doing the right thing doing your homework first. My thoughts are you should be fine with the trailers you are looking at, it might not tow as well as a smaller TT but you will enjoy more room when you are camping (which is the whole point).
FWIW, our first rig besides our popup was very similar size truck & trailer (chevy 4.8L 3.42gears, 4500ish dry).
The good:
The numbers were good, they were barely good but good. It felt safe pulling, stopping and avoiding and it always got us where we were going except for the last time when it didn't.
The bad:
The towing was not fun. We would get sucked into every semi that passed. Like APT stated, we spent a lot of time in 2nd gear.
The ugly:
The towing made going on longer distance trips exhausting, to the point we didn't really want to go too far.
FWIW, our first rig besides our popup was very similar size truck & trailer (chevy 4.8L 3.42gears, 4500ish dry).
The good:
The numbers were good, they were barely good but good. It felt safe pulling, stopping and avoiding and it always got us where we were going except for the last time when it didn't.
The bad:
The towing was not fun. We would get sucked into every semi that passed. Like APT stated, we spent a lot of time in 2nd gear.
The ugly:
The towing made going on longer distance trips exhausting, to the point we didn't really want to go too far.
