Why all the hate on 1/2 ton tvs
Like the title says I have read many posts that basically suggest that towing a 30ish foot Tt with a 1/2 ton truck is wrong and your going to Indanger your family and anyone around you on the road tha...
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4X4Dodger wrote:TomG2 wrote:4X4Dodger wrote:
....snip.......... And until this is done please do not continue to claim that a 3/4 ton truck is by default SAFER that a 1/2 ton or an SUV. There are too many factors involved.
You really think that a half ton pickup with a "Tow rating" of 9,600 pounds is good for that or more? Maybe I read it wrong, but you seem to be saying that the ratings are lowered by the engineers and lawyers?
Yes I do and that is **almost** exactly what I am saying. I said that the ACTUAL DESIGN LOAD is at least 1.5 times higher than the Design SPEC. And that the Design spec is further DE-RATED by the legal department to the numbers you see published so they can have what I called "legal Headroom" in case they must defend their decisions in court.
I guess I have to ask: Are these WAG's that you take as fact or do you have actual information to back up your statements? If you can prove your assertations we can probably shut down the weight police that jump on every 1/2 ton thread that comes up.
