TheColoradoan wrote:
Just a quick update... I've towed the 300BHSL with my half ton about half a dozen times or so and it's done well however, I've decided to upgrade to a 2012 Ram 3500 Dually... I'm picking up the new truck tomorrow and will be doing my first run with the trailer back to storage so it will be fun to see the difference... The trailer kinda owns my baby 1/2 ton and I don't want to be in a sticky situation.
I didn't post in your original thread, but what you found is I think what many mis and thinking that as long as you are within GVWR and GCWR is O.K. IMO there is more to the story with three things that can have a tremendous effect on towing performance. They are wt of the TV and more importantly the ratio of TV to TT wt., the WB of the TV and the length of the trailer. In this case I think a 1/2 ton is lacking in wt and the length of the trailer was too long even for the WB of the TV which I believe was probably more than 145in. It's hard to consider of the varying combos of these three that make for better towing or even acceptable towing and this is what I consider the classic TAIL and DOG scenario. Like in my case my Van will weigh close to as much as any TT I can tow, but for me it's 138in WB puts me at about the limit I'm currently at for a 32'TT. What give me the edge is my TV weighs 2000+ to over 2500lbs more than the weight on the TT axles I while a some what short "DOG" my "DOG" has the heft to it to get the job done and make things pleasurable. Any longer trailer and I would want a heavy TV with at least a 145" WB and preferably the CC which is IIRC around 158".
Larry
