Yet Another Tow Capacity Question

donn0128 wrote:
Had a 2004 LLY once upon a time. GVWR is 9200 pounds. What does your truck scale loaded ready for a trip?
What I will tell you is this..... Originally bought a fifth wheel with a GVWR of 13,750 pounds to tow around. After the first trip to the scales, i figured out the truck scaled 10,500 pounds with the fiver in tow. After a fashion the truck would straight line pull fine. Plenty of power for that. Where it got squirlly was in the mountains. Add in the LLY's overheating issues when pushed to the max and that truck lasted three years with that much load before I could get rid of it for a dually. Best thing I ever did was get a truck capable of handling the load instead of trying to band aid a marginal truck any longer.

Thank you Don. Good input and this was exactly what I was looking for. I think they have the overheating issue cleared by 2006. I pulled my intake and I see the correction on the port to the turbo. I'm so disappointed on the limits to my hauling ability. I have heard that the only difference between my 3/4 ton and a 1 ton is a single leaf spring. I was thinking that air bags would make that up. From what I've been told, it's not what you can tow but rather what can you stop...