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[-] FriedCheese@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My parents used to have a 2008 dodge Durango that they were told would be good enough to haul their 3500 lb camper. (Needed 7 seats for 5 kids + them)

This thing did not do well hauling the camper. It struggled going up the mountains where we vacationed and it struggled just as bad coming back down because the brakes couldn't handle the dead weight.

Now us kids have grown up and moved out and they got an F150 that hauls their new camper, about the same weight (3700 lb) like it's not even back there.

I think there's a lot more to it than how much weight the car can actually pull. But I couldn't say since I'm not that knowledgeable.

this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
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