Finding Towing Capacity
Does anyone know how to find the actual towing capacity of a vehicle? Every source that I look at gives a different answer. I have a 2004 GMC Sierra 2500 HD 6.0 Liter, 5 speed automatic (I think), ...
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kaydeejay wrote:
Have you looked in your owner's manual? It will give you tow ratings for the different engine/axle ratio combinations.
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You need the owners manual to help sort all this out. If you do not have a copy of your manual, search Google, GM has a lot of them going back about 10 years, for older ones there are reliable sites that have them as do many of the user forums.
So you need:
- Your owners manual
- The sticker in the door so that you know what your cargo capacity is, and a few other relevant numbers
- The sticker in the glove box to find all the options you have so you can decipher in your manual what your real towing capacity is.
