Byrdman

well....it will be like i said there...looking for a hole...if ya can deal with that then..ok...get a weight distribution hitch....another one of my fake the driver out items....but it will help....as long as you remember it is making you seem better than you are...which makes you drive faster..

Byrdman

well...now after many trucks...and mistakes...i got a 4500 4x4

Byrdman

even this truck gives you false b.s. with the tag stating 26gcvw......pleeeeeze...that truck would be looking for a hole at that weight on the hook....including the truck....big joke

CBR

Nice truck, but it won't fit in NYC parking garages! Looks like it would tow an M-1 tank despite the label. <gg>

stecz20

all these wanna be truck drivers on some of these threads make me laugh.. its not the nice easy load, or the boat and the trailer that is set up perfectly.. its the load that makes your legs go numb when you stop , or make a turn, or when some asshat gets in front of you then decides to stop short.. a good truck, will handle what its not supposed to, and do what its not rated to do.. that is what makes a truck, not when it pulls an rv trailer faster than any other... some of these guys need to wake up....

stecz20

my friends ex gets the job done when the boat is on the trailer right.. its a pleasure to drive if all is well.. his boat is light and he trys to not roll with full fuel..

Byrdman

Please....you must forget I rode with you reets all the way to canada...you sound like everybody else around here...pleasure to drive....when we really needed the breaks...it was nothing more than a total death trap and looking for a hole off the road.....we were not looking for a hole....we went off the road 3 times at 70 in ahole he found...swaying all the way...and you got the balls to say it is a pleasure to drive.....typical for oso trailerville...now tell me i was not there....wheres masher

stecz20

when you were there it was his first time trailering with the boat, it was not loaded on the trailer right. when the boat is loaded on the trailer right it rides fine, when it not it rides like sh it...

you talk like you have it tough in south jersey.. what have you pulled around with any weight.. must be tough getting around egg harbor... ever take a lowboy through manhattan, i did not think so.. shut up and get to the back of the line where you belong troll.. only thing your pulling out of 609er ville is your pud.....

bob

I towed with 2500/8.1 gas/6.5 diesels Surbans for probably 15 yrs. Maybe 15+ different units up and down 95, to and from FL. or Carolinas. Pulling anywhere from 6K to 9K lbs. Never a handling/braking problem. From a power standpoint 6.5 was marginal at 9K. Brakes on trailers were always maintained. I believe brake on 2500 Sub is same as 1T. When I moved to 11K package used either CC dually or 1T CC, typically Duramax if available. These also were just fine. What I see going generally is that folks dunking into salt just don't look at the brakes like they should and expect the truck to stop them. Actually should almost be the other way around.

On a quadrasteer....can't help ya.

CBR

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Bob, I am assuming the 9K included the weight of the trailer. Here are a bunch of other silly questions if you don't mind.......

What type of hitch did you use (weight distribution?), what type of trailer (dual or tri wheels) and what type of trailer brakes (surge or electric)?

After yet another "trailer professional" horror story with my boat, it seems DIY may truly be the best method. Then I read Dave911, Plumber's Crack trailer tales and some others...