drsteve wrote:
My guess is your truck should be fine with a TT that size. Take a look at the tire loading sticker inside the door. It will say something like "the weight of cargo and passengers should not exceed xxxx lbs." That is the number to look at because it's the first one you will bump up against with a 1/2 ton truck. Forget the combined towing number.
Loaded trailer tongue weight + weight of trailer hitch (~100 lb) + family + gear in truck needs to be less than this number. Figure 13% of the loaded trailer weight for tongue weight. Without a trip to the scales it's all guesswork, but the TT will probably be ~6000 lb. ready to camp, which works out to 780 lb on the tongue.
I may have missed it, but does your Silverado have the factory towing package?
Thank you! Yes, it does have the factor tow package. Just not the controller for the trailer brake which was kind of silly since the hook up is there.
