Will a 3/4 ton do

Grit dog wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:
Only in the RVnet forum would we boast about our favorite brand’s 3500 DRW being rated to tow more than 4 times its weight yet freak out when someone asks about an 8k lb HD 2500 truck towing 1.75 times its weight.

DUDE, don't you know the HIPS make all the difference???????

No other class of truck is rated to tow more than 4 times it's weight even those with double "hips" like the 25k lb class 8 semi that is maxed out towing 55k lbs (GCW 80k). That is only 2.2 times it's weight. Those must be some super special "hips" to allow it to tow more than 4 times it's weight yet a 2500 not able to tow less than 2 times it's weight or a class 8 truck only able to tow less than 2.5 times it's weight.

Shiner, you 2 are on the same team here....

Actually Grit,
Shiners last last comment re class 8 truck limited to 80k lbs is part of FBLs, and typical two tandems at 34k per, plus 12k on front axle. Total 80k. Put a few drop axles, spread trailer axles apart, but an appropriate tag, one can go to 120k lbs. I've seen single axle trucks, towing triples at 120k lbs where legal like Oregon.
Saw a dually 350, maybe a 450 at a boat manufacture the other day, with a 30k tok lift reciever hitch. I see them towing 30-40' aluminum rib boats with 4 outboards on the rear.
Parent company totes 40-50' military versions with older 4500 GM Dmax setups. Talking 300/600 models with the 5 or 6 sp trannies. Most of the time a tandem truck pulls larger ones.
At the end of the day, it still comes down to, do you have payload to handle hitch, people, other cargo for a given trailer.

Marty