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Originally Posted by GregWeld
My "thinking" was that I spend 99.8% of the time getting groceries.... and Starbucks.... Very very little time actually towing - and then the big hill is Donner Pass.
After logging 50K miles in "the rig" -- I'm totally used to pulling a grade stuck in 8th (out of 13 forward gears) at 35 MPH... And then some moron tells me - "you'll hate the millage when towing - you'll only get 8 MPG". Well really??? WTF -- The rig got an AVERAGE of 5.4, so I see this as getting almost double the MPG! (as if that's something that concerns me. LOL)
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You half ton will not lack anything for power. My half ton has the same engine combo and pulls a car trailer with my race car up the grapevine with ease passing prius cars like they are standings till . The truck will just not be as stable when tow in a cross wind or when a big rig passes in the wind. I drive my truck and trailer at 75mph in the wind cuz I can. That dually is heavy and the super spread axle is super stable at speed. And I had my enclosed from ATC built from a steel frame for this exact reason. You just have to plan your driving a little more with a half ton.
My big rig had the same problem when empty in the wind. It was just a huge billboard in the wind. I thought I was going over one day in the cross wind in the desert. But the wind can't go under the truck like a normal big rig. and since it had way less weight it was super light when unloaded.