Heavy Duty / Super Duty Truck as Daily Driver
Soooo I find myself needing a new vehicle unexpectedly. I want to be able to tow the current TT which is about 22' and has a dry weight of 3300 lbs as well as the next larger TT I'm likely to get. I...
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troubledwaters wrote:LAJMINNIEPLUS wrote:I have a 30-foot TT, it has a tongue weight (at max GVWR) of 1,000 lbs. Lots of 1/2 tons have payloads of well over 1,200 lbs.
If you are looking for a 30' travel trailer, you need to face the fact that you will need a 3/4 ton and live with the harder ride. The half tons ride nice, but just don't have the payloads for the larger trailers. This fall I had to trade up from a 2016 Sierra 1500 to a 2016 Silverado 2500HD. I loved the ride of the 1500, but don't mind the harsher but okay ride of the 2500 knowing that it hauls my trailer much better.
1200# isn't much in todays world and wouldn't be enough to haul most trailers in the 6-7k # range. You need at least 1700# to pull that much. My Sierra 1500 had a payload of over 1700# with a gross weight of 7200# and I was maxed out on gross hauling my 7500# Winnebago with just myself and wife as passengers and a few hundred pounds in the truck body. If your trailer has a tongue weight of 1000# and your truck needs at least 1800# payload in order to fit passengers/fluids/etc.. When I was looking at trading up, I looked at the options of max tow Fords and GM products. I wanted 4wd and there were next to none on the lots. Special order drove the price up to close to or equal to a 3/4 ton. Even max tow did not guarantee much greater payloads. Seems like kind of a sales pitch from the manufacturers to try to sell large tow capacities, but not really the increased payloads to match.
