Aumoore-
I agree with you 100%. Use a trailer that was built to haul autos, not furniture, refrigerators, stoves, etc.
But on the same topic, what you pull your trailer with is as critical. I mistakenly got a '97 Chevy Tahoe. The dealer said it could tow, they knew I towed a race car and their books says it could tow up to 7800 lbs, GVW. My first experience towing my Cobra to Hot August Nights was a nightmare. The back end was way down, front end way up and just drifted all the way up hwy 5. Driving straight wasn't bad, but when making just a slight turn on the highway, your back end starts to dictate where the car goes. Very scary and nerve-racking. When I got to Sacramento, I went to a chevy dealer who told me that the car cannot tow, period. I got to Reno, went to a 4 wheel truck place (Donny's) and they put on a set of Helwig helper springs, which helped alot, but not what it should be. They also said they see alot of Tahoes and Yukons come in with the same problem.
When I arrived home, I went to the dealer I got the car from and they referred me to an expert salesperson who tows a big boat with his Tahoe. He told me that the Tahoe can tow. All he did was put on air shocks, a sway bar off a Surburban, bigger tires and high performance rear end
oil. He burned his out already. I had a long letter writing campaign with GM in Detroit, to no avail obviously. My only consolitation is that they had "1500" on the side of early Tahoes, which usually depicts 1/2 ton. Now, on the new Tahoes and Yukons, they don't have that anymore.
I now have a Chevy 2500 pickup that is no problem to tow my vehicles.
My $.02.
Thanks,
Ron