My towing considerations...do they work?
OK, finally decided on the truck for hauling my new 5th wheel, 2005 Silverado 3500 with Duramax, auto tranny, single rears. Now planning on having the Reese 33047 16K hitch installed and getting the ...
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Me Again wrote:
Do yourself a favor and get a hitch with equal or more capacity than the truck is rated for. Larger trailers seem to just happen.
Example. Our truck is rated to tow up to 17,050 pounds. We installed hitch rated to 18k. And guess what we are now looking at trailers with 16 to 16.5k GVWR.
Chris
Excellent advice me again. I'm not going to tell what kind of hitch to purchase. I had a 16k Drawtite slider for 9 years. Drawtite is a Reese with a different sticker . Now I have a B&W Patriot. Love it, Excellent hitch.
