Modern 1/2 Ton Truck Towing

Lash,

The girls and guys out at my daughters barn all use the RAM 2500 and a few the 3500 to pull rather large horse trailers and 2k lb horses, some 2-3 horses at a time without issue, all over the country.
I have seen them towing 70 mph easy, not recommended, but they do it anyway.
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proper load distribution is paramount to a good tow, get it wrong, the trailer is doing the driving and the rig is dancing all over the road, regardless of the brand...

 

F150 anyday. I had a 13 supercrew fx4 ecoboost. That truck was great at almost everything you could have asked for. The most I towed was maybe 4K so yes it was on the light side but easily forgot I was towing with it since it was so smooth and quiet. Sorry Rob but the Tundra has been begging for a engine and completely new body for a long time since around 2010. I think the 1st generation ecoboost had more power than the big5.7 motor but the new ecoboost is even more powerful and better gas mileage than the previous generation. I'll stick with the latest and safest truck for my money.
2015 Ford F-150 vs. 2015 Toyota Tundra: Which Is Better? - Autotrader

 

Nice!
Last year I was talking to a cop who stopped by while the fire department was putting out my trailer fire. I had the trailer hooked to my van and the vans rear springs a warn. He thought I was overloaded. He told me i better take some weight off before moving the trailer. If I got pulled over and was overweight the fine is based on every pound over the weight limit. He didn't say how much it was per pound. It it sounded like it was several dollars per pound. I'd hate to see your fine with that load

 

I love those 7.3s What year? 250? 350?

 

Great topic, and right on time for me. I just sold my Avalanche with a 5.3 because it didn't tow a single car hauler well. Thought I wanted a 2500 Duramax but not sure how I feel about adding DEF fluid all the time. Choices...

 

low mileage 7.3 are gold. wish my excursion was a 7.3

 

You have an excursion? Punk. I drive a subdivision.

 

I just bought a Cayenne diesel. Supposedly it's rated to 7.7. I dunno about that yet. But, I can tell you cruising at 90 across the American West? 30 mpg. I think I'm gonna name it, Casey Jones because it runs like a freight train.

BTW, I paid $52k with a 100k warranty.

 

Anyone here drive a 1/2 ton as a daily driver? Perhaps an extended cab? I have a highlander right now...and use a ford e350 cargo van for the heavy duty stuff.

Would that even be practical? I would think parking would be a bear...

 

Using a truck as a car is dumb. Sorry if that pisses some off, but it's true.

 

No worse than driving a sports car and being stuck in traffic 99% of the time.

 

They are easy to live with, especially the new Ram 1500. All of them are pretty big, but that's easy to get used to if you don't have to shoehorn it into a garage or in tight parking spots. They are basically big SUV's with a truck bed. Also, crew cabs are the only way to go if you need to haul people.

I have an F250 that I drive often, but my real DD is a Honda Ridgeline. I need a truck bed more often than I need a full sized truck, and this is perfect for a lot of things. It's a Honda Pilot with a truck rear.

 

A truck is a truck. It ticks me off when I'm trying to drive my car in suburban areas and I can't see squat because I'm surrounded by trucks and mega-SUVs driven by dime-store cowboys.

 

There's an arms race out there on the roads of Texas. That's why we use the truck for when we have to venture in towards downtown Dallas or Fort Worth. Mostly, we try to keep the smaller, sportier cars in the burbs & rural areas. Yesterday, we took the Cali on a BBQ run down near Lake Whitney. A young man in a 350 dually pulled up next to us @ a red light, and rolled down his window to tell us how much he dug the F-car. I'd guess he was a good 2 - 3 higher up, and the Cali isn't that low by Ferrari standards. If & when the Ridgeline gives up the ghost, we're thinking 250 King Ranch or Platinum. Should also let us to tow anything reasonable.
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I work at the Kennedy Space Center, and I'd be willing to bet that over 50% of the male employees drive pickups as their commuter cars. Blue collar workers in the rest of the county, way higher.

From 2016:

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-popular-best-selling-car-us-state-2017-4
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I had to drive part ways into Houston today. Scared the living **** out of me.

 

I bought my 911 in Houston, Porsche West Houston, and then drove it home in rush hour traffic. In the intervening 4+ years, I don't think the car has been in crazier traffic!
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