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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valhalla360 wrote: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.
Also, WORK is different than towing a camper.
You don't put 3000lbs in the back of a 1/2 ton truck and set out on a 500 mile trip. You drive across town. You don't hitch up to a flatbed trailer loaded with a mini excavator that weighs 12,000lbs and set out on a 500 mile trip. You drive across town.
Half ton trucks will do a LOT of WORK when you don't need to go faster than 35MPH. You'll be smashing your head into the steering wheel after about 2 hours trying to go on a camping trip of any distance limited to 35MPH.
