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Phil76 & 440justin -

While it may be "frustrating that dealers do this" to their potential customers, let's look at from a different perspective - the dealers.

Dealers are in the business to sell RV's. That's what they do to earn a living. So, if some guy driving a smaller-sized pick up truck comes into his dealership and starts looking around for a trailer, is the salesman going to turn down a potential sale by telling him that his truck is too small for the job? Is he going to ask about the truck's towing capacity? axle ratings? and all sorts of specs about the truck? Not likely.

If he knows that your a "newbie" or someone with little or no towing experience, he will take advantage of that knowing that you are pretty "gullible". If he tells the potential buyer that his little truck will be "okay" then it must be true.

At some point the buyer has to accept some responsibility for doing his homework before he starts his search for a trailer. If he already has a truck that he is cannot upgrade for whatever reason(s), then he should make darn sure that the trailer he has in mind will be "okay" for that truck. If he isn't sure, then don't buy until you do know.

If you're going shopping, be prepared. Know what is ok and what isn't. If you don't know, find out. Check around, ask, join a forum - do whatever it takes to become as knowledgeable as you can about towing and tow vehicles.

I guess my point is don't be too quick to cast blame for mismatched tow vehicles and trailers on sales people. Surely the buyer has to accept some of the responsibility for ensuring that his purchase is a wise choice. "The dealer said...." may be in some cases an easy out for the buyer to shift blame when in fact, he was the one at fault.