Saw this on The Autopian and had to share it here: Here’s How To Choose A Truck Or SUV For Your Camper So You Don’t Hurt Yourself This Summer.
It does a great job of laying out the difference between advertised tow ratings and real world towing, including weight distributing hitches, the impact of wheelbase, payload, GCWR, the differences between US and European towing standards, and more. Really good stuff, and a great place to start if you are a towing newbie.

