What TV will handle a 7-8k GVWR TT ?
I know most trucks will pull , but i want something that will go up and down safely .. I live in NJ so not many of the roads are flat per say . Keep in mind the new TV will be my DD as well so i need ...
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Is your spouse and your wts bathroom scale wts? or with clothes on, including her purse, boots, maps, portable gps etc? If you brought my wife and I, you would need 450 extra lbs for people!
At the end of the day, the MOST important part of towing is "PAYLOAD"! tow rating is nothing more than a warrenty and performance rating. Performance quite frankly is HIGHLY subjective! look at the gas vs diesel thread. Two motors making 300 hp, one at 3000, the other at 6k. Both will pull a given hill at the same speed. BUT, different gears in the trans. BOTH will not like running for long times at redline. So MOST of us, will lower the actual rpm to around 2500 for the diesel, and 4500-5000 for a gas rig.
If you are slightly under powered, you go up a hill a bit slower. SO you see more! There was a time when buying a pickup, you were lucky to get a 100 hp motor in a 3/4 and 1 ton, with a BIG motor maybe having 200 and barely 300 lbs of torque! Todays motors are MONSTER motors compared to the past. So power is really not an issue. BUT as always, PAYLOAD will ALWAYS be an issue! Hence why, look for payload first, then power a rig to meet you butts needs!
Marty
At the end of the day, the MOST important part of towing is "PAYLOAD"! tow rating is nothing more than a warrenty and performance rating. Performance quite frankly is HIGHLY subjective! look at the gas vs diesel thread. Two motors making 300 hp, one at 3000, the other at 6k. Both will pull a given hill at the same speed. BUT, different gears in the trans. BOTH will not like running for long times at redline. So MOST of us, will lower the actual rpm to around 2500 for the diesel, and 4500-5000 for a gas rig.
If you are slightly under powered, you go up a hill a bit slower. SO you see more! There was a time when buying a pickup, you were lucky to get a 100 hp motor in a 3/4 and 1 ton, with a BIG motor maybe having 200 and barely 300 lbs of torque! Todays motors are MONSTER motors compared to the past. So power is really not an issue. BUT as always, PAYLOAD will ALWAYS be an issue! Hence why, look for payload first, then power a rig to meet you butts needs!
Marty
