2004 Silverado Towing Capacity

TomG2 wrote:

DLHarrison wrote:
I am not picking or choosing what numbers that I want to believe in - I am asking for help and advice. I take offense to your suggestions that i am picking and choosing data.

One poster enumerated the ratings that "He" thought were important rather than listing all pertinent ratings. Happens all the time on these forums, nothing to do with Dave. To me, "All ratings matter". I have driven overloaded vehicles and it is not fun. I now tow with vehicles with excess capacity and it is fun. GVWR takes the entire vehicle into consideration, not just one component at a time.

Truck GVWR......that is a number that really doesn't much matter.
I can register truck for 12K, 14K regardless of mfgs GVWR

But if I exceed Axle/Tire ratings then problems ensue.

SO YES "HE" believes Axle/Tire ratings and TOTAL weight of combo are the MOST important ratings ....stay at/under them and you will have a 'matched towing combo'.
Simple.



OP.........
Truck RAWR is probably 3800# (limiting factor)
Truck Rear Tire....3042/ea-----6084# total
Trailer tires.....1760/ea------7040#/total 4 tires

Need to figure how much weight is on Trucks Rear Axle when trailer is fully hitched (WDH on)
Need to figure how much truck total weight is with trailer fully hitched (WDH on)
Need to figure how much trailer tongue weight is


You have trucks 'camp ready weight'-----5760#
You have trailers 'camp ready weight'---6480#

*****It appears those two sets of numbers are with truck/trailer hitched???
(5760 Plus 6480====12,240# (you stated 12,220 total)

If that is hitched weight you need truck by itself (weight with front, rear axle and truck total) to figure how much is on truck rear axle/tires and trailer tongue weight.