So now I am going to jump in this one with both feet kickin and flailing. Here are the facts......I been towing since when most pickup drivers today were wearing diapers and pooping yeller, I am a newbie to diesels, I am still learning and hope to continue to do so cause the other option is to be 6 ft under and miss the sunrise from now on! LOL First thing is all u guys talk about is these trucks dont tow well, these trucks run hot, these trucks dont have power!!!!! I just bought one of these trucks and did so knowing that it could tow, would TOW, AND OTHER FOLKS DONT HAVE A BIG ISSUE WITH THESES BLAME TRUCKS TOWING!!!!! I go to horseback trailrides and horseshows that have 1200 people there and they all TOWED a horse trailer there and a lot of them are factory living quarters that also hauled four 1000-1400 lb horses and the feed and water for those critters in addition to human food etc ( etc to u Ace would be a ample supply of white likker LOL). These trailers are like a camper with big square front ends, no I REPEAT NO AERODYNAMICS! I pulled a 36 foot gooseneck mild steel trailer with 6 HUGE broodmares (pregnant and 1500 lbs each) two Febuarys ago from here to 4 different breeding farms in Kentucky. I went all over that state on roads it would take Sherpas to build! Mountains like were formed when God broke the world and called it the Blue Ridge Mountains of Appalachia! I used a friends trailer cause mine was too small, this one was 8 ft wide and 7 ft tall and built to haul rowdy livestock. I borrowed the neighbors 1999 diesel Chevy dually, dont know what motor, but she pulled like a pissed off billy goat n those mountains and ran like a raped ape on the flats! Now dont tell me that THESE TRUCKS WONT TOW! If it had egts or boost or piss in its boots I dont know because Bob the owner didnt say anything about it, I put diesel in it and watched the road and didnt hit any deer, hillbillys and only one possum so I done good!!! It had to hunker down and pull the grades but I backed off and let her eat it like she wanted to and we had a good trip. Couldnt slow down cause had to deliver all the mares in 40 hours cause they were synchronized to come in heat to be bred so the truck was shut down for fuel and oil check, put a quart, sometimes two in every fuel stop. My girlfriend made sandwiches as we drove and took her turn driving while I slept. Yall gotta learn something here and now..... a lot of yall are driving trucks that were meant to haul the weekly garbage and pick up the lawnmower at the repair shop and or ur truck could tow at one time but u done mods to the point that it is a top end hotrod and u drive it that way and not a work truck anymore. We go to the trail rides and see these folks show up towing their rig with a 1500 chevy or even some with the 2500 and they are just plain overloaded and not up to the job, especially the 2500 4x4s. Folks just cause it says 2500 dont make it a heavy hauling truck. All I hear from yall is Ford This ans That. My friends, two of em, bought Ford 3/4 ton trucks for about $55000- $60000 this year and hooked to their living quarter horse trailers and both squatted so bad it looked pitiful! One guy got air bags and the other put in some kind of solid rubber bumpers! Most 4x4s squat worse, not a enginneer, cant tell u why, dont need a degree to see a pitiful truck draggin its tail! LOL Even a wore out one legged cowboy can tell when the loads saggin in somebodys britches! First rule is match the trailer to the truck, u wanna drive a 1500, fine u need a tent, maybe a lil bitty popup trailer. U wanna pull a average small camper or a bumper pull horse trailer get a 3/4 ton truck, maybe a small gooseneck with a dressing room but no living quarters! U wanna really pull a load get at least a one ton dually! Those extra wheels will do u a world of good when it comes to jack knifeing, yes thats when u look and see the trailer trying to pass u and its pushing ur rearend around and thats whats gonna happen to u folks pulling big loads with single rear wheels and u 4x4 people being up in the air taller makes ur suspension have more sway and u WILL JACK KNIFE WORSE than a 2 wheel drive truck! Next yall gotta learn how to drive, yes I said drive! U run ur rig at what she is comfortable with, not what u want her to be like. Dont get ur wants, needs and have tos mixed up. Lets at this time repeat after me.....I know the tortoise and hare fable and I understand its significance!!!! Oh some of u aint never gonna get it but thats ok cause I now have a clear mind because I tole ya pilgrims. To sum it up buy the trailer that will fit ur truck, otherwise its like buying the bell before u buy the bicyle...... not much fun running behind your friends riding their bicyles ringing your bell and gettin left in the dust!!! Dont end up with a jackknifed rig or a blown engine! If u aint got truck enough then dont put u and your family in jeapardy! Sell the truck if its too small and get one that works! Its called delayed gratification folks and is much nicer than the other alternatives. Yes I know u can get a single rear well one ton truck, its not good enough for the big rigs, get the dually or a 2 ton truck or a mini Kenworth but match up the truck and the rig u gonna tow. My rig is a 20 foot box gooseneck with homemade living quarters that weighs about 4000 lbs give or take depening on how much stuff my girlfriend can cram into it plus 2 horses that weigh 1000 lbs each for a total of 6000 lbs. I feel thats about all my old dually deserves to take on. If I want more of a trailer, and I do, then I need to get a more modern and capable truck first not the other way around. I got a lot of horse friends that never go on the mountain trailrides or the far off ones cause they got too much trailer for their 3/4 ton truck and r in too deep to trade so they just go to the local ride and bitch about their truck. Well there u go folks I hope yall get something out of this. I personnally feel so good I think I will go out to the Still Shed oops I mean Man Shed and see whats cooking! LOL May u ride the road of beauty!
