Shopping for a new TV
This will be a mixed use vehicle,business and personal. We tow our 6000# (loaded, and with about a 900# tongue weight) TT about once a month on average and we plan to go out west one time in the next ...
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SoundGuy wrote:
I'd look for as much payload as you can get and pay attention to the axle ratio, 'cause even with a 6 spd or 8 spd a 3.73 axle will still be far more capable when it comes to towing than say a 3.21.
afidel wrote:
AFAIK you can't get the 8 speed with 3.73 RA, 8 speed max tow is 3.42, you can get the 6 speed with the 3.73 ...
Don't know, don't care :R - my point was to pay attention to axle ratio so you don't get stuck with one that's completely unsuitable for towing, 3.21 (or even 3.08) being an example regardless of transmission configuration.
Said it before, any trailer up to ~ 6000 lbs loaded & ready to camp pretty well any of today's properly equipped 1/2 ton trucks will handle just fine, no HD trailering package needed. It's only once the trailer goes well beyond this that one needs to start thinking about HD packages or 3/4 tons, which a lot of us want to avoid in what is otherwise a daily driver used perhaps just 10% for towing and the rest of the time for every day use.
