Towing Questions (yes more than 1)

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08-09-2011, 01:06 PM

zman17

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Just don't get in an accident if it's overloaded, or your insurance company is gonna say screw you.

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08-09-2011, 01:09 PM

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Local hauling go for it, If you know the roads out here as well as I do use the bigger truck for off island trips. The Coquihalla hwy tests the best of trucks some make it some don't.

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08-09-2011, 03:20 PM

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Thanks!

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08-09-2011, 03:25 PM

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One more thing. You say the brakes work great. Since you are in Canada and salt is used on the roads, I suggest you inspect all the rusty brake lines that with NO question are going to blow out at the worst possible time. Don't ask how I know this.

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08-09-2011, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by EatinChevysSh*ttinFords

Thanks a bunch everyone.

No I'm not hauling off-island at this point. If I do I will borrow my grandfather's 3/4 ton (even then I don't think it's any more powerful than my truck) but highly unlikely that I'll be showing off-island anytime soon. I have a great trailer as well, but it's just not a trailer I'd want to haul long distance to places off-island.

I have an electric brake controller in the truck and electric brakes on the trailer, they work flawlessly. Brakes on the truck are in excellent shape too. Mostly I highway drive since we're pretty rural, only go into town to get to the fairgrounds to ride.

There have just been a lot of people (not on here) beaking off that a 1/2 ton isn't strong enough to haul a 2-horse trailer. From what I've read and from the specs on my truck it appears to me that my 1/2 ton is fully capable of doing local hauling with the horse trailer.

if its a 350 it's not, but that's only part of the equation.