Travel Trailer Towing Recommendations
We just purchased our first travel trailer. We are looking at purchasing a new tow vehicle. Would like recommendations on what tow vehicle is best what to avoid. We will be towing a bunkhouse GVWR is ...
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Grit dog wrote:
You called?
It's fun to see the "you can't haul 4 fat people without exceeding the payload" comments which are (and I use this word cautiously) NEVER backed up by actual reasons why it's a bad idea. Just general supposition.
Just "because that's what the sticker says". Do you ever wonder how the rest of the world survives every day doing work with their half ton trucks? Or is your view so myopic that you literally have trouble even seeing your rear view mirrors?
Yep, the salesman telling you that you can pull what he's trying to sell, surely knows better than the engineer setting the ratings. :S
Fact is most pickups never do any heavy hauling or towing...the proverbial grocery getter. That's how they survive.
If you are over by 100lbs, will the axle instantly snap in half...probably not but it's not a good situation.
