TT shopping frustration
We went out today searching for a TT that will meet our needs. We were very upfront with every sales person that we encountered regarding only having 940 max tongue weight available and every one trie...
Forum Discussion
APT wrote:DukeAJuke wrote:
...this site is full of people driving 250/2500, and 350/3500 who are just trying to justify driving them...I'm over my rated cargo by as much as 600lb. I've towed it 1200 miles now and my vehicle tows it with no problem what so ever.
Some people justify 3/4 and 1-ton vehicles as much as others justify driving overloaded.
I don't care if you or anyone else is overloaded. But it is not wise to recommend others knowingly/purposely do it.
Agreed. But I haven't, nor have I seen anyone else on this site, recommend driving grossly over weight. And from my 20 years experience driving trucks and pulling trailers, you can be moderately overloaded and still be safe with careful driving, especially with the newer 1/2 tons. There is always some inherent risk when towing a trailer. What really matters is safe, careful driving. Which would you rather see on the road, a careful driver in a slightly over weighted 1/2 ton pulling a 30 footer at 60 mph in the slow lane, or a 21 year old kid in a Ford 350 pulling a 5000lb trailer at 80mph in the fast lane? As always, common sense rules the day...
