Help me understand my GVWR
I have a 2015 Chevrolet 2500 4x4 Crew Cab Diesel Standard Bed truck and currently tow an 8,000 lb TT effortlessly. I am now looking at fifth wheel campers and here is what I cannot understand. GAWR ...
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gbressler wrote:
On a similar issue earlier this year I bought a 2015 1500 Silverado and in the manual it said this vehicle is not rated to tow a fifth wheel trailer. Why do I see ads for 1/2 ton towable campers?
I spent 2 day on a land line with chevy tech folks till I finally got into a gm chassis design engineering area and asked them what was GM reason for the recommendation.
They said it was because of the 5' 8" short bed. GM felt it was just too short for those type of trailers and had noting to do with the trucks tow/haul numbers.
The wifes '06 1500 crew cab chevy 4x4 now has a GN floor plate mounted to the truck frame. Now I can use her 4x4 to pull my heavy (empty/ one at 6820 lbs) GN trailers into and out of muddy work sites and pastures.
Also some of the '00 era 1500 trucks had GVWR numbers up to the 8600 GVWR and and 6000 RAWR and some on full 3/4 ton truck frames with load e tires and wheels.
The Dodge 1500 Mega Cab at 8510 GVWR and 6010 RAWR.
GM 1500 HD at 8600 GVWR and 6000 RAWR.
And Fords F150HD at 8200 GVWR and a 4800 RAWR.
Hopefully the OP has a better grasp what a GVWR does....... and doesn't do.
