Originally posted by Mike Javi Cooper
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I have a 36' gross weight 10600. My F150 pulls it and it is rated at 11200 pounds. The power is there and I could pull it 75 mph if I wanted to. But it is right at its load capacity, and it feels very mushy. I take it slow and I have my eye on a new power stoke that I will have before I tow this thing all over the place. I think if you just pulled it a few times and short distance it would be ok if it is in the trucks specs
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It's the strain on your transmission that you don't see but will soon find out about. It's good that you're looking at something shorter but even a 32' will give you grief in certain conditions. I pull a 30' bumper pull with my half ton Tundra but only a few times a year. That Tundra is a big ****** truck but I'm afraid of what I'm doing to my tranny when I pull the big beast of a trailer.
Hope to sell it later this year and get something around 18-20'. That would be awesome.
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Originally posted by Laner7 View PostThe guy at the rv place told me to put a equalizer hitch on it and it would be good to go. Would that help it?
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Originally posted by Laner7 View PostWe have an opportunity to buy a nice 40ft bumper pull trailer for a good deal. The problem is that all the trucks we own are half tons. It will be pulled mostly by our 2016 1500 gmc and it does have a tow package. I think the trailer weighed in around 10,000lbs. Can This truck handle it?
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I've not read all of the posts on this thread, bit it looks like most folks are pointing you in the right direction. The is NO WAY I'd pull a 40' trailer with a 1/2 ton truck. The truck cannot handle that in any aspect. Engine, transmission, suspension, and breaks are all nothe even close to enough for that trailer. I had a 31' trailer that weighed 800 lbs less than my truck'so towing capacity. Even with a weight distribution hitch properly installed, it was near enough truck. The tongue weight alone will likely squat your truck to the stops.
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Originally posted by Laner7 View PostThe guy at the rv place told me to put a equalizer hitch on it and it would be good to go. Would that help it?
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