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20 miles. No traffic, no mountains, no freeway. Slow going would get it done, but a bigger truck with an appropriate size trailer would be involve no white knuckles.
Yeah that was my thing. The fact that a newer half ton can pull as much as an older 1 ton dually. Can you even put the proper tongue weight on the newer 1/2 tons to safely pull a 10k trailer.
Um, no. You can't really load a 10,000 lb trailer with the 12%-15% tongue weight practically.. Maybe if you shift the weight on the trailer all the way to the back, and without a driver on the truck you can do that, LOL. Realistically, you will always have passengers, gear, etc in your truck when towing. And I think those trucks have P-series tires, so you probably feel like you are riding on the ocean with that much load. I mean, you can probably do it and still be under the towing rating, but that light truck is going to get bullied all over the place, especially by a large trailer or RV or under windy conditions and drivetrain won't last.
Also, if you look at the fine print on the ratings, the highest numbers are the basic, bare bones work truck, regular cab models, not the crew cab with grocery shopper beds and every imaginable gadget/gizmo offered by the fancy trim levels. You know, the trucks everyone drives in the cities?
There was a recent tread of a member asking the same thing towing a 10k (I can't remember if it was actually this, maybe a little less?) behind a 1500 Ram CCSB and his GMT400 CCLB DRW...
Yeah, I've never looked at the fine print, although I kinda figured as much. I wouldn't buy anything newer than a cat eye Silverado at the moment. They are all just to ugly to be in my fleet. I just see the ads and watch people pulling skid steers down the highway weaving in and out of traffic in 1500's wondering if they have enough truck to actually stop it.
Had to panic stop her the other evening with the trailer on and when I did the passenger wheel cylinder blew out ( brake fluid flowing out of drum) and now the brake is locked up. So I forced her to my mom's house 1/4 mile up the road till I can get it to the barn. I'm guessing I some how pushed the piston out of the boreBTW, what are wrong with your brakes?
Disconnect the brake line to that wheel, plug it, replace fluid, and drive it home.Had to panic stop her the other evening with the trailer on and when I did the passenger wheel cylinder blew out ( brake fluid flowing out of drum) and now the brake is locked up. So I forced her to my mom's house 1/4 mile up the road till I can get it to the barn. I'm guessing I some how pushed the piston out of the bore
I would but for some reason that brake is locked up, something jammed or bent when the wheel cylinder blew. The brake on that side was rolling smoke from the short 1/4 mile trip to my mothers house. Ill get her home tonight after work one way or another.Disconnect the brake line to that wheel, plug it, replace fluid, and drive it home.