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Old 03-17-2008, 07:13 PM   #23
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Re: Mods to Safely Upgrade Towing Capacity?

This has gone on for 2 pages now...So, if I tell the OP that his trailer is too long and too heavy, anyone want to guess how many replies it takes before he says he's going to do it anyway?
2?...3 replies?

Oh well, let me do my thing....now where was I?...I remember...
A 35 foot trailer is very risky to tow...there is no magical NASA formula, but where the trailer gets that long for a mere 1/2 ton truck, the tail starts wagging the dog...
And your weights are wrong, add 500 lbs to the empty weight of that trailer, 200 of it on the tongue...and that's before you load a single pound into it...

If my sarcasm bites, it's because there have been several guys here towing much more then they should, they get it explained why, and in the end they still wind up doing it...

IT'S A HALF TON TRUCK...THERE'S A REASON THEY MAKE 3/4 TON AND BIGGER TRUCKS...
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