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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TomG2 wrote:4X4Dodger wrote:
....snip.......... And until this is done please do not continue to claim that a 3/4 ton truck is by default SAFER that a 1/2 ton or an SUV. There are too many factors involved.
You really think that a half ton pickup with a "Tow rating" of 9,600 pounds is good for that or more? Maybe I read it wrong, but you seem to be saying that the ratings are lowered by the engineers and lawyers?
Yes I do and that is **almost** exactly what I am saying. I said that the ACTUAL DESIGN LOAD is at least 1.5 times higher than the Design SPEC. And that the Design spec is further DE-RATED by the legal department to the numbers you see published so they can have what I called "legal Headroom" in case they must defend their decisions in court.
All over the world I have seen much smaller vehicles than 1/2 ton Pick ups carrying/towing much larger loads on a daily work basis than what most Americans believe is even possible. With much smaller engines. Are the physics different? No. It's the legal system that is different.
And further, as I pointed out previously, there has never been any real world testing of what the actual limits are for any given truck/spec combination. Until then the numbers are really meaningless.
