Pull your trailer across a scales and see how far off the max load your 1500 is rated at. if your close, you probably can get by for a short time if you take it easy. If your a ways past the limit, I wouldn't even try it. Emergency situations is what will get you into trouble. Once you have been in an overload situation that goes bad, you grow a whole different perspective on over loads. I suspect the ones responding negatively have been there before. Gene