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Re: Need trailer hitch advice schooling
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Posted by Brian in MO on December 22, 2006 at 12:00:53 from (69.21.75.52):
In Reply to: Need trailer hitch advice schooling posted by Paul Shuler on December 21, 2006 at 22:26:06:
Paul my opinion of this is that your truck and hitch are probably never going to cause you any trouble. The thing is where do you stop? I mean the trailor is rated for 10,000 lbs but the gvw for your truck since it a half ton is way less than the trailor alone can handle, if you start looking at all those numbers and figureing it out "legally" you would probably need a ton truck and a gooseneck trailor just to pull a h. The hitches are way overbuilt as someone below stated and if you weigh your truck ,new trailor, and tractor I'll bet your over the gvw of your truck already. Not saying a heavier hitch wouldn't be nice, and I would at least upgrade the part the ball bolts to, but I'm not sure it's any more nessecary than a heavier truck. I doubt your going to be hauling stuff very far most of the time and just be extra careful when you are hauling and you'll be fine. The only time there is ever a problem is when lawers get involved. By the way the company I work for has dodge 1-ton deisels we pull 25' goosenecks 20,000 lbs rating with JD 310 backhoes that weigh in at 18,000lbs all together the whole thing (truck,trailor, and backhoe) weighs 36,000lbs the gvw for the truck is about 12,000lbs they handle fine, & pull good but if there is ever a wreck and the d.o.t. is involved I hope I am not involved. Just my 2 cents Brian
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