When I was in sales for a GM dealer, the most consistent mistake I saw pickup and truck buyers make was underestimating the capacity they needed for a tow vehicle. The flip side was overestimating what a particular vehicle was capable of safely towing.
Seemed a lot of "innocents" at towing always started out looking at 1/2 ton pickups when they obviously needed a 3/4, or looked at 3/4's when they needed a one ton. Of course, when I tried to sell them up to what they actually needed, they'd get huffy and accuse me of trying to sell them more than they needed just so I'd get a bigger commission.
You couldn't win. If you sold a buyer what he wanted, and it wasn't up to the job, then the buyer would come back at you.
I have an 18' car trailer that weighs 2,000 lbs. empty. When I had my own shop, people always wanted to borrow it. I'd ask them what they had to pull it with and they usually had an old van with a fishing boat hitch or something similar. I'd tell them, "Forget it". I finally started a policy that if someone needed something hauled, I'd haul it for them for a price, but I would not rent out or loan out my trailer.
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