Family of six looking for tow vehicle
Hello! We are a tall family of six. Kids are between 5'8-6'2. Trying to find a vehicle that could tow a TT (not purchased yet). The crossovers are too small inside to fit us. Looking at this vehi...
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More than likely nothing more than a brake controller, hitch if you do not have one strong enough for the trailer, and appropriate ball mount for the truck hitch. I would get a weight distribution setup minimum, or a dual cam/equalizer set up would be better.
Reality is, with two people in the truck, that would leave you with 1500 or so lbs of payload, with 10% hitch wt, you could go upwards of a 15K lb trailer without overloading the truck per say. With an 8700 lbs tow rating, and it being a 2000, I will assume it is like my 2000 C2500 with probably a 350 gas motor. I've towed upwards of 12K with mine, while not the most fun, it worked power wise better than I thought it would. 6-8K should not be an issue. I towed the pictured trailer with it one time, had no issues.
One thing to remember, as you go up in elevation, you lose about 2-3% of the motors hp per 1000' of elevation you go up. So when you are in the 5-6K fot range, you will be down 10-20%. Hence why a lot of folks like turbo diesels, you do not start to lose power in the same manner until 10K feet elevation. So you go a bit slower.
Two vehicles for us was a no go! so we choose based on what would handle the 6 of us, along with trailer all at once. A big van did not work for her per say.....I could use a truck at work, tow my work trailers....so that is how we went! A crew cab pickup for a family of 6 is not the best option, probably worst, van best, suv somewhere in the middle. We made do, kids have no arguments over it, now are in the 21-28 range with out too many issues, other than having me as a dad!
Marty
Reality is, with two people in the truck, that would leave you with 1500 or so lbs of payload, with 10% hitch wt, you could go upwards of a 15K lb trailer without overloading the truck per say. With an 8700 lbs tow rating, and it being a 2000, I will assume it is like my 2000 C2500 with probably a 350 gas motor. I've towed upwards of 12K with mine, while not the most fun, it worked power wise better than I thought it would. 6-8K should not be an issue. I towed the pictured trailer with it one time, had no issues.
One thing to remember, as you go up in elevation, you lose about 2-3% of the motors hp per 1000' of elevation you go up. So when you are in the 5-6K fot range, you will be down 10-20%. Hence why a lot of folks like turbo diesels, you do not start to lose power in the same manner until 10K feet elevation. So you go a bit slower.
Two vehicles for us was a no go! so we choose based on what would handle the 6 of us, along with trailer all at once. A big van did not work for her per say.....I could use a truck at work, tow my work trailers....so that is how we went! A crew cab pickup for a family of 6 is not the best option, probably worst, van best, suv somewhere in the middle. We made do, kids have no arguments over it, now are in the 21-28 range with out too many issues, other than having me as a dad!
Marty
