Will it pull my trailer?
I am looking for a new/used truck to pull my travel trailer. I have a Keystone Passport Ml199 that weights 3800 lbs empty. I would like to get decent gas mileage since it will be an every day driver...
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ppine wrote:Grit dog wrote:ppine wrote:
If you want to pull something get a real truck.
Hey, your buddies called. They want you to come over and beat your chest with them.
Make sure you show up in a 1 ton diesel so they don't laugh at you though!
Maybe you have never pulled big horse trailers, or large RVs or a backhoe. Nobody keeps the same lightweight trailer for the rest of their lives.
If you want to pull someting get a real truck. Then you don't to sell your other truck and find a new one. Then you don't have to borrow your friend's truck. Then you don't have to worry about burning up the transmission. If are going to be a dick go somewhere else.
I have and do pull those types of loads for the last 30 years. And small loads too, which are fine behind small trucks. And if the OP was asking about pulling a backhoe I'd have reccomended a diesel.
Most people don't keep the same truck for the rest of their lives either, unless they're 1997 F350s. Those seem to draw a real emotional attachment to old men! Lol
Didja ever consider that if the OP is looking at a 5 year old base model half ton, maybe he doesn't have the financial means or needs to step into the big bad hairy chested world of tow a house diesels??
