Why all the hate on 1/2 ton tvs
Like the title says I have read many posts that basically suggest that towing a 30ish foot Tt with a 1/2 ton truck is wrong and your going to Indanger your family and anyone around you on the road tha...
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O.K. Quit guessing, get some real information from actual scaled weights, then come back with some real knowledge to add to this discussion. If you read enough of these type threads you will find two groups of People, those that have BTDT and are wearing the T-shirt that says "I moved up from a 1/2T and the towing difference is night and day" and those that are stuck with a 1/2T and are rationalizing the acceptablility of it's often marginal towing capabilities since they can't afford or refuse to accept reality.
And to think I moved from a 3/4 ton to a HD 1/2 ton because it handled it better..And before you say it was an old 3/4 ton,I also towed the same trailer with a modern HD-2500....Night and day difference..Not even close..Very similar when everything is set up correctly.
The reality is if you pay any attention to the silly internet numbers game,you will see that the average 1 ton dually is overloaded with Arctic Foxes smallest camper and a 3/4 ton diesel is overloaded with Keystone Montana's smallest fifth wheel with an empty pin of over 2600lbs.
Owe,the only thing I have ever weighed is semi's and not by choice.:B
