Ray,
Didn't think it was a flame. I understand your
concerns, but so far so good. By the way I too had a
ferd and was coverted. The trailer has a good set of
electric brakes and have never encountered any sway
under breaking. I am gonna purchase a better anti
sway system before the next camping season though.
Turning while going down a hill is a little hairy
though, I have to admit.
Ed
--- raymond.irons@gm.com wrote:
>
>
> Hi Ed,
> Before anything else, Let me say I'm not
> flaming you or trying to put
> you down. I respect you and every other Dakota owner
> out there simply for
> owning one of the finest trucks on the road. You
> towing a full size
> trailer with a QC is your business and that's
> entirely up to you and your
> judgement. Personally, I wouldn't feel comfortable
> towing that large of a
> trailer with a mid-size truck. Before I bought my
> Dak, I owned (Gulp! I
> really hate to admit this here!) a Ferd Ranger 4X4
> with the V6 and 4spd. I
> used it to tow a loaded, 6X12 U-Haul to Louisiana
> from just outside Philly
> back in 96. That was an adventure in moving. When I
> got ready to return to
> the east coast after my retirement from active duty,
> I used the same truck
> to tow my boat from Louisiana to Dover. The boat,
> motor, and trailer weighs
> in at 1800 lbs. I used the boat as a U-Haul, loaded
> it down and had the
> whole thing weighed. Total load on the back of the
> Ranger was 3150 lbs.
> When I had to get on the brakes a little hard, it
> really swayed so needless
> to say I took it easy driving home. I just wasn't
> comfortable having the
> boat push the truck around. Even after I unloaded
> the boat of all the extra
> stuff, I towed it, using the Ranger still, to my
> Dad's home in PA. Some
> hills in that part of the country, and even then,
> when I got on the brakes,
> it swayed some. After I bought the Dak, I towed the
> boat home. Going down
> the road in the Dak with the boat on the back is no
> problem. Takes a little
> longer to get up to speed, the truck knows the boat
> is back there, but
> nothing compared to the Ranger. If your comfortable
> towing that much with
> your QC, more power to you. Again, this is only my
> opinion, I wouldn't care
> to tow anything much heavier then 2000-2500 lbs with
> any Dakota. Once you
> hit the 1.5 ton mark its my belief you need to start
> looking at a full size
> truck or SUV with the weight and braking capacity to
> handle that kind of
> load.
>
>
> Ray Irons
> Dover, DE
>
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