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Like Air19 I also have a 25 Tradewind. I have not had it out much the last year or so but when I do take it out of the shed, I tow it with a 1/2 ton GMC pic-up truck. Nothing spectacular a very average 5.3 L vortec engine and it does have a towing package. I have even towed with a conventional hitch and did not notice much sway and did not have a problem with the little sway there was. I now have an equalizer and recomend something that will distribute the weight & do the anti-sway work.
I can't remember a single towing problem a couple of years ago when I took it on a 300 mile round trip on a standard bar hitch. I was on the interstate, 2 lane highways, a lane and a half gravel road/drive and a couple miles of logging road. It has always seemed to me that a longer wheel base is better for towing but the Durango should have plenty of power. Rent any RV trailer that is cheap (and of a similar size) for a weekend and drive it on multiple roads on the way to a destination. See how the Durango handles it. If it is good then take Andy's advice...rig it well. Good hitching, good in trailer weight ditribution (as best you can) and distribute any truck bed cargo (usually -but not always-, forward)--you have to start measuring heights on the TV & RV when you first start. Actually I still do that simply because I do not have the many many hok ups that many of our members have. I like you listened (read) closely about TV's.
If you really look into it,things seem to me with my amatuer and non-expert opinion that the Durango should pull that size AS. My hunting partner used to have a Durango that had a 7500 lb tow cap. We used it to pull cargo trailers a couple of times and these have GW's around 6000 Lb. I do not recall any problems other than normal engine grunting on 9% grades, but Sierra grunts on that same grade with my AS or when pulling cargo.
Try a day of towing a rental of similar size and see how it feels, best wishes.
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