2002 3/4 Ton Heavy Duty Diesel Chevy 2500
Hey everyone, My wife and I bought our first travel trailer 2 years ago and we have been living in it full time and love it. We just had our first baby boy and the trailer we have now is starting to...
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it's a "2002 3/4 Ton Heavy Duty Diesel 4x4 Chevy
3/4 ton truck from that era had around 9000 gvwrs and 6084 rawr.
My 2500 Dodge/Cummins 305/555HO NV5600 tranny 3.73 gears has a 13400 lb tow rating. A '02 2500 GM diesel will have around the same tow rating.
A 13000 lb 5th wheel trailer can have around 2600-2800 lb hitch weight which will go over the truck 6084 lb rated rear axle. The weight of the hitch and other gear in the bed adds up also so your looking at approx 3000 lbs at the most for your 2500 truck.
3/4 ton trucks that era rear axle weighs in the 2700-2900 lb range. You have the truck so drop by a CAT scale and find the trucks front and rear axle weights with attention to the trucks rear axle numbers.....then do the math. You don't want to exceed GM 2500 6084 rawr numbers (tire/wheel/rear spring pack).
I would stick with a 12k-13k gvwr (9000 lb dry weight) 5th wheel trailer as a max size.
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