Quote: "Nissan also announced plans in April to build three all-new light commercial vehicles at its Canton, Mississippi factory, where the Titan is built today. According to our sources, one of those vehicles will be a heavy duty pickup that will be totally unique to Nissan – no parts will be shared with the Dodge Ram.
Toyota Tundras are built in Texas and Indiana....mythbusted!
This is true BUT there profits do not stay in the US so there sales do nothing for OUR economy.
I am with dustytuu on this topic but I work for GM and therfore would never consider metric vehicals as an option.
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Dustytuu wrote: Why wouldn't you want a "good American truck, made in North America and not making the Japanese rich truck"
American trucks will tow more weight if it is right size.
Hmmm...I had a Titan that was built in the U.S. and i now have a Dodge that was built in MEXICO. So, what's your point?
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Quote: "Nissan also announced plans in April to build three all-new light commercial vehicles at its Canton, Mississippi factory, where the Titan is built today. According to our sources, one of those vehicles will be a heavy duty pickup that will be totally unique to Nissan – no parts will be shared with the Dodge Ram.
Toyota Tundras are built in Texas and Indiana....mythbusted!
This is true BUT there profits do not stay in the US so there sales do nothing for OUR economy.
I am with dustytuu on this topic but I work for GM and therfore would never consider metric vehicals as an option.
Hmmm... I think you need to hit spell check! LOL!
Off topic: What about the U.S. workers in those Toyota and Nissan plants supporting their families, paying their taxes, spending their money in their local economy, etc.?
OMG. I got suckered into another one of these stupid threads!!
Where were we? Something about towing a fiver with a 1/2 ton?
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Mine does fine. Look at payloads and actual weights of trailer. We do good, but, are at near max load in truck between pin weight, fuel and people. I am careful not to put too much in the truck, and, to make sure to load the trailer so as not to exceed the weight limits. It is not a problem with us since we travel fairly light.
Beware! There are a bunch of trailers (fivers and TT) labeled 'Lite'. Don't look at the name, look at the actual weights.
FYI, I did not find any fivers over 24ft that my truck could tow.
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Quote: You are totally correct... everyone should be aware of the limits of the TV they have. However, I do feel that the manufactures are definitely pushing/inflating maximum towing capacities... why I do not know hoping to boost lack-luster sales. I find it really hard to believe 1/2-ton towing capacities nearing 10k... IMHO it is just too much weight for that size truck.
While typing this I decided to do some research... I found a towing guide on a web sight that listed the towing capacities of different vehicles across different years...
I took a GM (Chevy/GMC) extend cab truck, short bed 5.3l v-8 4x4 an looked at the towing capacities they had listed for 1999 to 2008 ...
As far as I know all of these are pretty much the same truck, except the 2007+ new style which has coil over shock front suspensions...yet the rating vary greatly...
* This post was edited 06/24/08 01:26pm by Frozen001 *
Interesting thread My comment is what should be the real tow capacities for the current crop of basic Pickups F150 etc.?
In Australia an imported Silverdo 2500HD and a F350 Super Duty get a 4.5 ton(9000lb) towing rating, no doubt due to their curb weight.
Pretty much the same truck does not mean exactly the same truck.
Changes year to year can be due to a lot of things. Changes in a transmission, weight of truck, brakes, springs/shocks, differential, etc, etc. A decrease may be due to something they found after the truck was produced, eg, a suspension component that turned out not to be as strong as designed. The mfg's do not always advertise when a change is made in a component that will change the ratings.
I would be surprised if towing capacities for 1/2T trucks had not increased over 10 years. Technology changes in motors, transmissions and other structure has really advanced a lot. Then add to the sales push to have the highest load capacity 1/2T or most power or etc so suspension changes and such to back those up would be made quite often. Just look at advertising. After towing my trailer (6000lb) I think their ratings are good and may even be a bit low.
Unless you know a lot more about your truck than the mfg, I would stick with whatever they recommend for the model you have.
FYI, Ford has a really nice portion of the web site devoted to detailed tow capacities.
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