https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-exclusives-towing-capacities/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-exclusives-towing-capacities/#comment-417188 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 13:05:31 +0000 /horse-exclusives/towing-capacities.aspx#comment-417188 I think the article is a great starter piece on towing. I have towed horses for over 50 years, and usually pull a large Gooseneck with living quarters and slides. One thing you need to know and touch on is if you are pulling any kind of trailer with a vehicle and you are in an accident and the insurance company determines that your two vehicle was not capable of handling the trailer safely. They do not have to pay any claim if this is determined. I just took delivery on a custom trailer I ordered. It is 46 ft long, empty weight is 17,500 lbs, it has 3 axles which really takes a lot of weight off the tow vehicle. I ordered with disc brakes on all 3 axles with oil filled hubs. My 1 ton dually pulls the trailer just fine and it stops fantastic with the disc brake on the trailer, but in real life the truck is overloaded. I had talked with my insurance agent about the possibility of being in an accident with this setup. He recommended going to a series 7 truck which is a mid size truck just down in size from a full size semi truck which is a series 8 truck. Make a long story short I purchased a Freightliner Sport chassis truck with air brakes That is rated to two 36000 lbs. So now I know I have the correct truck to pull the trailer I own and my insurance company has me covered in case of an accident. I see so many large gooseneck trailer pulled by 1 ton dually and I know they can’t stop that trailer they are pulling if they have to make an emergency stop.

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-exclusives-towing-capacities/#comment-134424 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:14:19 +0000 /horse-exclusives/towing-capacities.aspx#comment-134424 I agree with Susan. Jeeps look able but are they? Also, if we’re looking at trucks how in the world are we going to weigh the trailer???

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-exclusives-towing-capacities/#comment-99085 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:16:18 +0000 /horse-exclusives/towing-capacities.aspx#comment-99085 I would like to get a horse they are pretty to me

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-exclusives-towing-capacities/#comment-97722 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:56:18 +0000 /horse-exclusives/towing-capacities.aspx#comment-97722 I would love to see a “Towing Capacity for Dummies” book or article where we could see a list of trucks/cars with their respective abilities for towing listed in plain English so all vehicles could be compared to each other at a glance.

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-exclusives-towing-capacities/#comment-17228 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:49:54 +0000 /horse-exclusives/towing-capacities.aspx#comment-17228 It helps, saw it in Horse Illustrated, no-one else
has it. Curb weight figures needs easier answer
somewhere.

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