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Old 09-29-2022, 07:16 AM   #7
wiredgeorge
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Tow rating is for a specially equipped version of the model you own pulling a flat bed with blocks (not a big camper's front end) on a closed course. Hence, tow rating isn't particularly reliable as a way to determine if you have enough truck. PAYLOAD is the short pole in the tent. The empty weight of the trailer is also not a real number. That is how it came off the factory floor before anything was added. Your pin weight alone will be 1200 lbs once loaded on a LONG trailer. Your lightweight 1/2 ton will not be happy. You have received excellent advice already so I won't belabor the point but your truck ain't gonna cut it.
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