2013 Suburban 2500 Hitch
Last year I upgraded from 1500 Suburban to a 13 Suburban 2500 with 6.0/6 spd/3.73. It does fine with my 6,000 lb loaded Jayco 27 BH. I am looking at upgrading the trailer to larger/heavier Jayco Jayf...
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rcarpe06 wrote:
I have a 2012 3/4 ton (2500) Suburban. I tow with a TW of 1050 pounds without any problem. According to the owner's manual and GM, the 2500 series Suburban is capable of weight carrying TW - 1000 lbs. and weight distributing TW - 1500 lbs.
IT's not going to break instantly, but it will sooner when over the specification
Issue is that, since the marketing folks insisted on not seeing the torque tube
the designers hid it behind the bumper as the main support for said bumper
In doing so, it now has both towing duties and bumper duties...AKA crash duties
which means crumple zone duties
That then required the designer to put in notches in the receiver torsion cross
tube bracket welded to the frame
Going over the specified limit will have a greater loading that will focus on
those notches (stress raisers). Those notches are designed to be weak areas
and bent/crumple/break/etc during a crash where the forces are in an instant
BUT...higher forces than they spec will also play on those stress raisers to
ultimately crack/bent/break/etc...think 'tin canning'
A potential failure mode would be to have the bumper and receiver torque tube
fall off or come loose or ??? when those or a single bracket cracks/breaks/etc
