Re: [A/S] Re: aawg

[Jim Dunmyer <jdunmyer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Harvey,
  Again, a salesman will tell a potential customer anything to make a 
sale; it's highly unusual to have him say, "no, your truck can't handle 
that trailer, let's look at this other one".

A half-ton truck can safely handle only the very lightest 5'er, 
something like the Scamp line. One problem is that 5'ers carry 15-25% of 
their weight on the pin, and that can put a truck into overload before 
you start.

Even TT's need heavier trucks if they're of the larger, longer, heavier 
variety. Half-ton trucks are built to be very 'car-like', with light 
duty tires, frame, and transmission, as they're likely to be used more 
as personal transportation than anything else. My first newer truck was 
a 1994 1/2-ton Dodge, replaced by the present 1994 3/4-ton outfit. I 
moved the air bags from the 1/2-ton to the 3/4-ton and noticed a big 
difference in the frame; it took a lot more to drill the newer, heavier 
  frame. Everything else about the truck is heavier also.

                                  <<Jim>>