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Towing without Air Suspension

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On the bright side, the heaviest that trailer would be is 5500, most of the time it will just be 1 side by side and 1 atv with proper placement for weight distribution. Trailer itself is ~1900lbs, the side by side is 1600 and an 800lbs ATV is 4300lbs total.
Keep your speeds down, tire pressures up and balance the load (slightly trailer nose heavy). While you likely are in the "safe" range for a 1500 as far as payload and overall capacity, remember that your truck's brakes are designed to stop your truck while most trailer brakes are fairly wimpy. It's rare to find disc brakes on most trailers, thus they (drum) fade fast, not to mention proper adjustment.

If you want towing advice, head over to the rv forums (IRV2 is one) and find the travel trailer part. Just be prepared for the "you are under-trucked" statements as well as the long list of recommended things to buy.
 

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