did you see the guy actually towing it? I spy a front end loader in the background, I can assure you he didn't haul that with the dodge.... The trailer was probably towed by a gravel truck with the loader on it, then parked so the truck and loader could go to work. Then silly kid comes along and hooks up his truck for some FB pics..... I can't really tell if he has an actual pintle hitch, or if he just lowered it down onto his ball...

just my $.02

 

He lives down in DE.

 

DUDE..the leg is down in some of those pictures...

im betting it was just for a PHOTO OP...

i agree with YAK..people dont give these half tons the credit they deserve

 

I see the term "Light" duty is lost on some people.

Personally, I would have no problem moving that trailer with my truck as long as it was EMPTY if it had anything more than a feather on it, it would be parked. When I first got the truck, I kicked around the idea of adding a fifth wheel hitch to it just so I could haul livestock around and be able to move a trailer in case of an emergency, but with the addition of the second one ton truck in the family, I have no need. I might add one to the next rig just for the hell of it as they do tend to come in handy every now and then.

Oh, unless that ram has welded springs, he doesn't have the tongue down. There is no squatting to be seen and if that trailer weighs as much as you say it does, then there would most defiantly be some sagging going on.

 

^^ Laramie you did it again.

 

Like i said it all depends on how well you drive it.

 

he's fine pulling it empty.... just be sure to leave a lot of room to stop... not that I would do this.. but.. he should be fine...

I've pulled a lot more than 8,300lbs with my truck with no trailer brake...

10,500# mini excavator with a 2,100# trailer... it had surge brakes... I've also pulled 3 loaded hay wagons each with 200 bales @ 50 lbs each not brakes either

 

I tow more with the S-10. 10,000pounds of hay? No problem for the 2.2.

Like I said, this bitch pops wheelies (With 10,000 pounds of hay on the back)

 

See thats exactly it right there, my 1st gen D150 was actually my uncles i bought off him, he got it bran new in 91. its a 2wd with a 318 the only thing he did was had some rearend work done to it, it would pull a grain trailer fully loaded across a muddy field digging rutt's a foot deep " No lie " and not even bog down. Just because it says light duty doesnt mean anything. I realise im not going to go trying to pull a 5 stall car trailer with it but seriously, if it's geared right and has the right support then it will easily pull anything that you could put to it " using common sense ofcourse "

With the 1500 i have now i'v pulled a 32 foot trailer with a bobcat on it along with the buckets and around 1000lbs of sod in the bed. I wouldnt do it everyday ofcourse but i didnt have any problem pulling it or stopping it for that matter. Like iv said before you have to know how to pull a trailer and know your stopping distances to be able to do it.

I grew up on a farm and iv been pulling loaded trailers all of my life and not once have i had an issue stopping something when givin the right stopping distance.

The mistake most people make is they will forget the trailer is back there and expect to stop on a dime. If i remember correctly when going 50 mph for every 1000lbs you need to add 50ft of stopping distance or something like that according to the crap they tought us in class when i went to get my commercial license.

 

One thing that I keep hearing in this thread is that it is fine to pull a trailer that is well over the trucks rated capability as long as you remeber to brake sooner. There is one problem with this logic and that is emergencies. When something you don't expect happens having the larger brakes of a 3/4 or 1-ton truck can make all the difference. I understand that in some of these situations it does not matter what truck you have but it is still something to think about. Also if you do get into an accident pulling significantly more weight than the truck is rated for you should be ready for lawsuits not to mention criminal charges. There is also the danger of the brakes fading going down a hill or down a long grade.