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This is really a more complicated question.  Typically a 3/4 ton truck can
"tow" more than a one ton because you are limited to the Gross Combined
Vehicle Weight which includes the truck, trailer, and load.  The GCVW is
often the same for a 3/4 ton and a one ton and might be higher than the
State limits without having a commercial permit.  Since a one ton weighs
more than a 3/4 ton, the 3/4 ton can tow more and stay within the GCVW.

This is just one factor in many about safe towing.

Steve


On Wed, January 28, 2009 10:36 am, Laney Humphrey wrote:
> Years ago, on my way to St. Jo, MO for the beginning of the XP01 ride, I
> weighed my loaded to the gills rig.  I was overweight by several hundred
> pounds.  Several years later I was shopping for a new truck and trying to
> be careful.   Figuring out just how much more, say a 1 ton, can pull over
> a 3/4 ton isn't easy because the truck itself weighs more which then has
> to be subtracted from the total.  When all was said and done, there wasn't
> much difference, especially considering that there wasn't much difference
> between the two engines either.  It seems to me, that the best best for
> real safety is to forget the "light" trucks and go up to a 1.5 ton. Laney
>
>
> D'Arcy Demianoff-Thompson wrote:
>
> > How close to the factory specs for the truck and trailer, loaded, come
> > Jonni?
> >
> >
> > D'Arcy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > D'Arcy L. Demianoff-Thompson
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> >
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