Towing with a 1 ton pickup

Haloo

I know it’s crazy.  But I have a one ton pickup that I might want to use occasionally to tow our TAB400.  I think NuCamp says not to tow with more than a 3/4 ton.  Why?

pthomas745

Here is one thread about the issue:  a big truck is less flexible than a smaller truck, and transfers vibrations, etc, to the trailer's weaker frame.

https://tab-rv.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/7378/can-you-ever-have-too-much-truck

dragonsdofly

You will be playing crack the whip with your t@b 400. If you have ever played the game with bigger, stronger kids, you know they  will kick the stuffing out of you.  Same thing will happen to your trailer.

N7SHG_Ham

@Haloo I commented in the linked thread about my 2500 experience (all good), so it might honestly depend a bit on your 3500. Older ones, especially single rear wheel ones aren't much different than a 2500, in fact the weight rating increase is likely just heavier spring packs which may be doing nothing with lighter loads. Newer 2500 and 3500 trucks are in a towing and weight race and are rated crazy amounts higher than the same trucks a few years old, as I said in other thread, my 2500 is near GVW towing a Tab 400 and tows very well, maybe better than a newer 2500 due to lower weight rating of truck and being loaded heavy. YMMV

Haloo

Thanks for the comments.  I also read the “can you ever have too much truck” thread — thanks for the link @pthomas745. I did search the topic and didn’t find that thread.  Go figure.

I guess I’ll limit towing the 400 with our F350.  It would be kind of fun though.  Kind of like towing a dinghy behind a supertanker.