1/2 ton towing
Just purchased a 2020 Ram 1500 5.7 with the etourqe along with a 3.92 rear. Specs on the truck says it has a 1681lb payload and can tow up to 11500 lbs. Looking into purchasing a 2021 Grand Design 32...
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Gdetrailer wrote:
I have no intention of ever going back to a 1/2 ton, the one I had was always in the shop, always needing front end parts, brakes and shocks.. Dumped it at 140K miles and have not looked back.
So far have had very good success with 3/4 tons, drove one of them up to 240,000 miles before I sold it, only in a shop once and would have kept it longer but the body was rusting out after 18 yrs..
Modern day 3/4 and 1 tons actually ride very well, while not as soft and spongy as a 1/2 ton they are firm and take command of your loads without the need to add aftermarket suspension upgrades and gadgets.
You "half ton" folks need to open your mind and eyes, much better platforms for light or heavy loads are out there once you get past the old stigma of the "buck board rides" of yester year.
Go, take a 3/4 for a test drive with open minds, you will find it feels firm and planted on the road compared to the mushy 1/2 tons.
Well, I'm certainly not anti HD truck, but again you're cherry picking fond memories of idk what.
"the one I had was always in the shop, always needing front end parts, brakes and shocks.. " I'd say you had a bad truck, don't know how to drive, beat the he!! out of it, or towed way more than it was "rated" for, or you're talking about something from when Jimmy Carter was president. I'll see your crappy half ton story with about 30 years of driving mostly 1/2 tons for construction. Basically driving them like a rental. Current company truck has 100k on it, in 3 years. 1 set of shocks, 1 set of brakes, both at about 70k miles and just started on it's 3rd set of tires. But I'm probably being too easy on it when I've got the skinny pedal matted for minutes at a time hauling 12klb or more trailers up White Pass or Chinook Pass.
Bottom line, your extreme over-reaction to the OP's question can be refuted all day by folks who do exactly what he's asking about every day with 1/2 tons.
And since you may have forgotten by now, I initially replied with I'd look at a bit smaller trailer. Doesn't mean his truck wont work for what he was asking, but it's not unsafe, just not ideal.
