The Dodge 1 1/2 ton truck had a "normal "towing load of 3,500 lbs. Practical use showed it could easily exceed that load. Besides the trailer the truck had a "payload" of 3,300 lbs including personnel.
Years ago, I was with a group in a Manhattan parade when our M-3 White half-track blew an intake gasket. We hooked up a chain to our 1 1/2 Dodge and not only pulled the half-track weighing nine tons, through the 20 block long parade but the big Dodge pulled the half-track back to Staten Island, stopping only once while I ran interference with my CC, blocking side street traffic. The Dodge only gave up once, on a steep hill on Staten Island and I jumped out of my CC to hook another chain from the big Dodge to my CC and we both pulled the half-track over the hill. And me with nobody to take pics.........oh, the horror.
Another time, I was buying a M-37 (6,700 lbs) and we brought the 1 1/2 ton Dodge to tow it home. Two hours pulling my M-37 at balls to the wall highway speed, which for the 1 1/2 ton Dodge is around 45mph and never a whimper from the big Dodge. And remember we're talking about a 60 rear old truck here, imagine if it was new...
A trailer, even a big trailer with the quad .50cal........pleeeaaaase.
TTT
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