What is the risk of exceeding payload?
Depending on what vehicle we buy, our Airstream will be a 27' twin, or 30' bunk. If we buy the Ford F-250 diesel, will get 30'. But if we are able to safely tow the 27' twin with Tundra, we are going ...
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NC Hauler wrote:
I know 1/2 tons have come a long way. So has TTs and 5ers, but guess as Ive gotten older and learned more, I look back in 1970 WHEN I towed a basic pop up through the mountains of WV with a 65 Olds Cutless and didnt understand why it slowed down so badly climbing long grades....anyway, I lived and learned over the years, sometimes the hard way... so I guess I thought I might be able to help someone to do a better job than I did....guess I was wrong...believe the OP will have to glean from all the post and make up his own mind. Guess Im chicken and maybe trying to be too safe, only to find out Im on the wrong page...bottom line, tow what you want with whatever one wants to tow with now seems to be the general concensus on rv.net
Don't apologize for encouraging people to tow safely! Everyone here should appreciate it.
Sure, we used to get by towing with less. Less power, less safety, less payload capability. Most of us even survived it.
But we can do better now in all those respects. Why not take advantage of that? Why not be safer? Why not have more margin in case of emergencies? Now that we CAN expect more, we SHOULD expect more. It's not the 70's anymore, even if things worked back then. They can work better now.
Stick to your guns, NC Hauler.
