Recent content by dieseldoug

The sales lady is a bit confused.  subtracting pin weight from trailer gross weight will tell you how many pounds are sitting on the trailer axles, to be sure.  And thats a good way to see if the trailer axles are themselves properly sized.  But its not a good way to express towing capacity of...

agreed.  I'd also suggest that its not possible to have too much truck if you're talking about 1 ton or below consumer trucks.  they are intended to be all purpose trucks and serve as daily drivers for many of us (I have a 1 ton Dodge Diesel).  I'm more talking about the guys who really do tow...

On that note, I reach out to the experts here.  I wish I had the towing experience to know the answer but I don't.    To be sure, most 3/4 ton 4WD pickups exceed the GVWR with 5ver pin weight, dealers tend ignore that, etc. etc. but I don't want to open up that discussion here.  My point is...