Stock 2000 5.3L, SM465, 2.73 gears. Front 1.25 brakes, LD drum rears, with the 8/1 HD 56" leafs. It did the job. No trailer brakes either.
Stopping was not an issue.
The biggest issue was I hooked the straps to the frame behind the front wheels. This allowed the suspension to be unloaded in the front and bounce the truck via a lever action on the trailer tongue. There was no good way to tie down the frame horns on that car. You'd feel that on a 3/4 ton truck too.
This was last winter, I have the truck torn down right now for a trailing arm conversion. I figured out that no matter how much spring, gear, tire, power, I threw at the truck, I'm still limited by the wheelbase of the rig. I have a 454 Suburban for towing now, huge improvement. I can haul other trucks now.
