What effect will heavy use have on the life of our truck?
Our truck and trailer are as shown in signature...trailer ~ 5000 lbs...truck rated to tow 8600
Here's the issue...our truck is rarely if ever used except when pulling the trailer...stated another way, 80% or more of its use is under load...Will this usage reduce expected useful life, even assuming proper and frequent servicing? My thought is that our truck gets heavier use than most, and the 1500-series trucks are designed/engineered for the 'average' user who probably puts the truck under load a very small part of the time...and, logically, we might expect engine and/or transmission failures simply from wear at fewer miles that other people might experience...DW takes the opposite view, saying that 'it's a truck...it's built to be used as a truck'
thoughts?
Here's the issue...our truck is rarely if ever used except when pulling the trailer...stated another way, 80% or more of its use is under load...Will this usage reduce expected useful life, even assuming proper and frequent servicing? My thought is that our truck gets heavier use than most, and the 1500-series trucks are designed/engineered for the 'average' user who probably puts the truck under load a very small part of the time...and, logically, we might expect engine and/or transmission failures simply from wear at fewer miles that other people might experience...DW takes the opposite view, saying that 'it's a truck...it's built to be used as a truck'
thoughts?
