I agree with what Beccy said (would not tow anything more than two horse
trailer with a half ton truck and personally would feel safer with a 3/4
tn)...but another thing to consider is that with horses, you are towing
"moving weight", in other words, do you want to be towing 3 horses with a
1/2 ton truck at the max of your towing capacity, and have a horse pitch a hissy
fit in the trailer and start it bouncing and moving around?
I also feel we often underestimate the weight of our trailer loaded with
horses, tack, hay, water, etc. I would want to put the rig on a truck
scale to be sure....
As many people smarter than me have said on this wonderful list,"It
is not the pulling, it is the stopping." I have a 3 horse slant, Circle J,
1996. Not sure of the weight but it has brakes on one axle only. I am pulling
with a 1992 Dodge 3/4 ton diesel. While the trailer brakes were not working, I
wiped out the brake drums on the truck. I could still stop, but now I know the
damage that I did. Very costly. With my trailer brakes working well, my 3/4
ton is good enough. Not sure I would want anything bigger than a 3 horse
bumper pull with the 3/4 ton. I would not haul with a 1/2 ton. It is
defininitely the stopping. Beccy in
Utah.
