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SAE J2807 is expressly designed to sell pickups and keep buyers from considering other vehicles. Which in turn are never "tested" and assigned "tow ratings" (a marketing term, not an engineering category), to the detriment of the general public.

There is no test for wind handling of travel trailers. In fact, there is no travel trailer testing at all. The "representative" trailer, isn't.

The trip down the garden path is the deception of "weight"'. It's only one of several considerations for what makes an excellent tow vehicle (most especially for a TT). By ignoring other factors, folks are left with the idea that this (series, actually) paper is relevant and leading. A high COG pickup with crude suspension is NOT an ideal. It's a ******* compromise.

N2807 may as well be a Unicorn Corral topic.