Originally Posted by articfriends

The thing that surprizes me is the fact a 3500 duramax dually,2500 8.1 avalanche and 2500hd 8.1 & duramax are all rated to TOW THE SAME AMOUNT! I recently had a argument with a guy who insisted everything was heavier duty on his 3500 duramax dually then my 2500 hd,he just couldn't believe they both use the same 11.5 inch ring and pinion,same size brakes,same transmission,frame,radiator etc. The only real difference is the overload springs on rear and extra set of tires,slightly narrower rear axle housing, Smitty

Originally Posted by Hot Duck

That is what we did. The total weight of our current boat and trailer is around 21K pounds, so we sold the F-450 and stepped up to a little Pete to keep things safe and within the legal limits.

I can verify that if you are in an accident, the police will go through your stuff very thoroughly. We were rear-ended while towing the Gladiator a few years ago and the police checked all of our weight stickers, our registration cards and even brought out the portable scales to weigh the truck and trailer. This accident wasn't even our fault, but they still did all of this to be sure that the truck and trailer were within the legal limits. Luckily we had everything in order and everything was legit and within limits.

It is just not worth taking the chance of being over loaded. Even if you don't go far with your trailer, you can be involved in an accident 1 mile from home just as easily as if you were 100 miles from home. With all of the traveling that we did with the last two boats, we were only involved in this one accident and it happened less than 10 miles from home. Just something to think about.