more than likely by the time his trip was over he'd be over 1000 miles and all dealers concerns about voiding wouldn't matter. Stick a hitch cover in and they can't say anything.

 

The only thing they could accuse him on is installing a ball.

 

I'll bet money the computer tracks "towing".

I have a "fourth" tail light I put together that plugs into the 4-pin connector and slides into the hitch receiver. It's ONLY wired into the
brake light circuit, and somehow the truck thought I had a trailer hooked up. (?) ( It must figure out the current draw or something. ) I'll also bet donuts to dollars that the maintenance algorithms use time towing to determine the maintenance schedule. So, be aware that our trucks record all kinds of data, and in theory, they can reproduce your driving habits, time towing, time in WOT,...everything.

 

The first question is how far do you plan to tow? 2000 pounds is not much, and if you are only talking about towing the boat a few miles then I'd say it's no issue at all. The owner's manual doesn't have any restrictions about taking 5 fat people on a trip with the bed loaded to the max. Yet I'd say that is more stress than tugging a light trailer load. Use some common sense and you'll be fine.

 

I have no idea what this weighs but I only have 1500 miles on my truck and I've towed it to the lake twice.

 

The owner's manual doesn't have any restrictions about taking 5 fat people on a trip with the bed loaded to the max.

 

I say pick up the truck, run some erronds.. alternate highway and city get a few miles on it and then hook up. 2,000 lbs is nothing for that truck. Within the first few hundred I started pulling a few thousand.