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Originally Posted by 23U_2016
The hitch is rated at 8,000-lb but that is impossible with the 500-lb tongue weight rating. That is like advertising an eight cylinder car that only can run on 5 cylinders. Safe towing requires a tongue weight of 10% to 15% which equals 800 to 1200 lbs. The tongue weight rules so the hitch is falsely rated at 8,000-lb.
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Not really: You can tow a pickup truck four down with minimal tongue weight (less than 50 lbs) and you'll be towing something like 6000 lbs.
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