Why all the hate on 1/2 ton tvs

Dreenn wrote:
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 that said I have a few questions

I just bought a 30foot Tt dry weight is 5200 loaded is 7500 I believe by the manufacture sticker I am towing it with a 2014 gmc 1500.

I looked up max tow rating on my gmc in the manual and used my window sticker for refers to what was equipped it said max was 9600 pounds now looking at my door sticker I don't see 9600 pounds anywhere on it am I missing something?? Or is my truck rated to tow a lot less then what the manual says

Sorry for the poor grammar typing on my cell phone

Something else to note is that older half ton trucks weren't nearly as stout as the new ones. My first half ton had a six cylinder. My dad's C10 had a 250 cubic inch engine and a three speed manual. He couldn't even pull our loaded single-horse trailer over the mountain near us.

Some of the older TTs were pretty heavy, too. Especially considering that they didn't have slide-outs.

I guess the bottom line is that everything is situational. It depends on the specific truck and the TT. There is no one size fits all advice.