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Old 03-17-2008, 08:27 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Re: Mods to Safely Upgrade Towing Capacity?

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Originally Posted by loufish
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...

So are you telling me to give up my dreams of a WW Full Throttle +5 with my Titan...

Honestly, 26 feet is the Upper most limit I woud go... My 23 footer can be a handfull coming through the AV during a WIND event... I would hate to see what a 33 footer would do...
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