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dante93gtz
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Oct 26, 2017

Help me make sense of my vehicle's towing capabilities

I'm trying to best determine what my truck is (and is not) capable of hauling. We recently sold our F350 diesel in favor of something with 3 rows of seating. We bought a '14 Cadillac Escalade ESV AW...
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bikendan
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Oct 26, 2017
One of the problems is that the Escalade has a lot of bling, which lowers your payload capacity.
I have an Avalanche which is built on the same GM 900 chassis and have a similar payload capacity.

With all the stuff that a young family will take, I'd wouldn't get anything bigger than one with a factory sticker weight of 5000lbs.

A hybrid or small bunkhouse trailer might be best.

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