Designed? Probably not, else they'd have never made the mistakes in the
catalogs that they did. I think what's more likely is they lowered it
but never took the time to properly run the numbers or even crawl under
to check clearances.
Bill Bozeman wrote:
>
> WRONG!!!!!
>
> That was what prompted the law suit and eventual buy back of the 98 and 99
> R/Ts. According to DC, the R/T was designed to only tow 2000 lbs. They
> claimed the 98 and early 99 manuals, dealer brochures and advertising were
> all typographical errors.
>
> Bill Bozeman
> 1988 IB CC R/T sold back to DC
> 2000 IB CC R/T daily driver
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Henry Hagemeier
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 1:13 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: R/T and towing travel trailers
>
> I have been thinking about getting a travel trailer to be pulled by my 2000
> R/T. I have the 3.55 rear-end. Checking the owners manual it states towing
> capacity is 2K. What gives with this? If you have the 3.92 rear you can
> pull 6,251lbs. This is sort of confusing. If anyone could shed some light
> on this I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks
> Henry
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