Am I overweight ?
2010 Silverado 1500 and a bumper pull toy hauler Front truck axle 3500 lbs Rear Truck axle 4800 lbs Trailer axle 6600 lbs I gvnr says 3950 lbs for the front and rear axle .......
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Happy.Camper wrote:
Holy smokes !
So what do I need to do ? go out and buy a dually ?
Maybe. What you needed to do (past tense) was figure out just how much trailer you could tow with your particular truck before buying a trailer that's way too much for it, probably even without that ATV also in the truck's cargo bed. As mentioned, you're not just "over", you're WAY over wanting to tow and carry that much weight with your light weight 1/2 ton. Since you already have the trailer and presumably insist on still taking all that extra "stuff", yeah - you're definitely looking at upgrading your truck to something much more substantial. The answer as to exactly what truck will do this for you lay in the numbers, meaning weight everything with the trailer fully loaded & ready to camp, account for the weight of all that extra "stuff" you're taking, figure out the trailer's gross tongue weight as well, and crunch the numbers so you know how much truck you'll need. No question, it won't be a 1/2 ton. ;)
