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azbohunter
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May 10, 2013

3/4 ton Duramax capacity

As you can see by my sig. this is not me but for a friend.
He has a 2002 GMC Duramax 3/4 ton 4 door long bed truck and is looking at upgrading his 5th wheel.
Pin weight for the new 5ver (2005 Montana 3295RK)is 2300 pounds. I know it is border line but is it beyond the recommended capacity for that truck.
He does have plans to upgrade the truck within the next year or two and would consider a 1 ton at the time but not ready to jump there yet.
Any of you pulling this trailer with 3/4 ton?
  • 2300 lbs pin weight is an awful lot for a 3/4 PU...especially if that is dry weight.

    I think the 02's came in with a 9200 lb. payload.
  • My 2004 D/A had a real world net pin weight capacity of 1700 pounds. I scaled 7500 pounds loaded ready to go without the fiver on a truck with a GVWR of 9200 pounds.