Anyone pulling a horse trailer?

[Fox940]

Because while all the trucks have gotten bigger and our midsize are bigger and more capable than 1/2 tons of yesterday, they still have the word midsize attached and people are antiquated. I'm not saying go load up crazy, but considering the SAE metric for tow rating bet most of these would handle close to the max just fine assuming you adjust speed and stopping distances appropriately like people used to do in their less capable trucks.

That is why I posed this question. The trailer I bought is 3,240 lbs with a GVWR of 7000 lbs. The combined weight of the horses is 2,200 lbs. So total weight is 5620 lbs. That is around the same weight as my camper and almost 2000 lbs less than my max tow rating. The Gladiator wheelbase is longer than regular cab pickups and the weight is around 5000 lbs. That's the same as a regular cab half ton and people wouldn't think twice about using that vehicle to tow a horse trailer. That's really all there was until around 20 years ago when 4 door pickups became all the rage.

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[bleda2002]

That is why I posed this question. The trailer I bought is 3,240 lbs with a GVWR of 7000 lbs. The combined weight of the horses is 2,200 lbs. So total weight is 5620 lbs. That is around the same weight as my camper and almost 2000 lbs less than my max tow rating. The Gladiator wheelbase is longer than regular cab pickups and the weight is around 5000 lbs. That's the same as a regular cab half ton and people wouldn't think twice about using that vehicle to tow a horse trailer. That's really all there was until around 20 years ago when 4 door pickups became all the rage.

90% of people won't think twice honestly. Truck forums I've found always say you need more truck to tow whatever you're towing. 5k pounds? That's f550 territory on truck forums ?. Meanwhile in the real world random man bought his gladiator loaded up his 7k pound camper and drove it cross country and figured out that if he didn't want to white knuckle he just needed to drive 60 and was ok with it, just like 20 years ago.

Personally I'd give it a shot, see how it drives and how comfortable you are with it. But I also drove cross country with a 5k pound trailer behind a medium Mercedes SUV filled with people and dogs and just kept it to 65 or less cause I didn't check on a forum first.