Half ton towing
Looking at these numbers and forums for towing and it is very annoying. Most of these trailers say micro or light but have 900 to 1,000 lb tongue weights. Basically, you need a 2500 to tow anything b...
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Grit dog wrote:
Fun fact, they only did that to appease the folks who don't understand the difference (or lack thereof in this case) between DOT class 2 and class 3 vehicles. In reality, the mfgs, in appeasing the weekend warrior weight cops, screwed up the system for anyone who operates commercially and uses 3/4 tons to stay under DOT driver and vehicle requirements that start with class 3 trucks...unless those commercial operators specifically get a, now, "downgraded" 3/4 ton that is <10klb gvwr.
Thank you. Exactly. The same truck in Canada is topped at 4500k, or 9920 lbs. for similar reasons.
