Will a 3/4 ton do
I have an rv that is at the 14000 GVWR. I need a new tow vehicle and was wondering if a 2500 or 3/4 ton truck would safely tow this. I would appreciate your knowledgeable input on this. Would this ...
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ktmrfs wrote:Lwiddis wrote:
For the few hundred that a one ton is priced over a 3/4, get the one ton.
starting a few years ago GM 3/4 and 1 ton SRW have basically the identical GVWR, 11,500ish.
Nooooo :E
LOL
What IS WRONG with this newfound way for mfgs to overcome the weight cop stigma of 3/4 tons, is they've now ruined the reason that "3/4 ton" trucks exist. The main purpose was to offer a HD truck that fell just under the DOT regs regarding commercial driver requirements with respect to GVW. This is a big faux pas for the commercial side of things. Sure it placates the self appointed weight police, but opens the door for the real weight police to take issue with commercial drivers and the companies that employ them, by way of now being required to follow DOT driver regs for what used to be capable trucks that didn't require all the paperwork and bs that goes along with > 10k gvw vehciles.
