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The main problem is not one answer comes up with the solution. It's like talking to a politician. Everyone has an opinion and can dance around the facts like a rat on hot coals. SIMPLE! Weigh your truck with whoever rides in it on trips, full of fuel and estimate what is in it when you go. NEXT weigh the rig at a TRUCK scale (yes unhook it.) Now hook it up, weigh the truck front axel, then front and rear axels, and then truck and trailer and then trailer front and then trailer rear (this lets you know if it is fairly level). Do the math and sleep well! Lots of weigh positions but it is the only way to figure it all out. This is one of the most contested items in trailer pulling and what it eventually always comes down to is someone attempting to defend thier choice of truck. Check the records, there are no major accidents happening in mass, there are no crashes because of damage by mismatched tow/trailer combos in mass. It is hype at its best. Number one, drive slower! Number two, don't tailgate. Number three TRAILERS HAVE BRAKES! Number four, the differance between a 350 and a 250 are just about springs. Everyone states the 250 will not stop the trailer, well here is a news flash, neither will a 350, 450 or 550 simply because none are designed to do it, that's why trailers have brakes. This tow vehicle vs trailer talk is enough to make a sane person crazy! :twisted:
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