mkirsch wrote:
Don't get obsessed with putting things in the truck, thinking that somehow preserves towing capacity! Every pound you put in the truck reduces your towing capacity by roughly 7 pounds.
I can pretty much guarantee that you don't have 1800lbs of payload capacity. Using real world weights you are closer to 1200lbs, and by the time you put your family and the trailer tongue on the truck it will mostly be used up, and your truck will look like a giant stepped on it.
You can tow seven times as much as you can haul. Anything that can go in the trailer should go in the trailer.
Agreed on the 1800 lbs. Not sure how you are figuring that, but there is a sticker on the door jam that does list it for you truck.
For comparison, I have a 2015 CC SB Sierra. Max trailering package (NHT), so different rear end and 3.73 gear. My payload is 2015. When I've looked at similar trucks without the NHT, but with 3.42's, payload has been in the 1500 lb range.
