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joshuabardwell
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lol. the bumper on a v6 dodge Dakota (just the bumper with no hitch) is rated for 500 pounds. I don't know what truck you own but dodge and ford hd non-dually trucks can handle 2000 pounds on the hitch. that's just the rating and they can handle twice that amount. ****, I had an old buddy with a junker chevy s10 4 banger that hauled a long wheelbase single axle landscape trailer with more than 500 pounds on the tongue plus another couple hundred pounds in the bed. what 1/2 and 3/4 trucks are you buying????
2013 Ford F150 - Factory hitch rated for 500 lbs without a WD system.
http://www.ford.com/resources/ford/general/pdf/towingguides/13flrv&tt_f150.pdf
2013 Ford Super Duty pickups - Factory hitch rated for between 600 and 850 lbs depending on spec.
http://www.ford.com/resources/ford/general/pdf/towingguides/13flrv&tt_superdtypu.pdf
2009 was the last year the Dakota was made, so: rated for 500 lbs on the bumper and 1200 lbs on the receiver hitch.
Dodge Towing Guide - By Vehicle Results
That's pretty good, but what they don't tell you is that those numbers both assume a WD system, which I know because I own a Dodge Ram pickup, and I went through this rigamarole some time ago. The actual rating of the receiver hitch without a WD system is significantly less. On my 2005 Ram 2500, rated for 1200 lbs tongue weight with WD system, you can only have 350 lbs tongue weight without the WD system. Presumably the Dakota's rating is similarly reduced by the lack of a WD system. If you're skeptical, and want to take the 1200 lb rating as "without a WD system," ask yourself whether you think a 2009 Dakota had almost double the rated tongue weight of a 2013 Ford F-250/350/450. Probably not.
2013 GMC Sierra 1500: 600 lb tongue weight max without WD system, regardless of trim.
http://www.gmc.com/content/dam/GMC/...chure/01_Images/2013_GMC_Trailering_Guide.pdf
I looked, but I can't actually find any reference to what the max tongue weight is on the GMC HD trucks--although clearly they have one.
2013 Chevy Silverado 1500: Max tongue weight 1100 lbs, but it doesn't say whether this is with or without a WD system. My experience has been that when manufacturers don't mention a WD system in their tow/tongue weight ratings, it means that they're assuming that you are using one--presumably so that they can inflate their numbers.
http://www.chevrolet.com/content/da...w/02_pdfs/Trailering Guide MY13 eBrochure.pdf
For the Chevy Silverado 2500 HD, there is no mention of max tongue weight in the trailering guide, but the hitch is clearly rated for some maximum weight, and it'd be interesting to find out what that is.
These are just some examples that I pulled up. Should I keep going?
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