Heard thru grape vine Suburban 2500 in 2016!!

intheburbs wrote:

mich800 wrote:

BurbMan wrote:
Just read where it might be a 3500 Suburban...possibly 9200 or higher GVWR, which would make it a killer SUV!! Would eat into some of the HD crew cab market for sure!

How big of a step up would this be. Was the 2500 sub light. dosen't seem like a 9200 gvwr would leave a lot of payload.

My '08 2500 has a curb weight of 6500, giving it a max payload (according to the door sticker) of 2088 lbs. According to the door sticker, the rear axle (10.5 full floater) is rated to 5500 lbs, and the front axle is rated at 4180. So, in theory, the only thing limiting my GVWR to 8600 is the braking system. 5500+4180 = 9680. Based on axle capacities, it seems there's quite a bit of room to increase GVWR keeping the rest of the components the same.

I believe American Axle rates this rear axle at 8600 lbs, so the tires are the limiting factor in this application. E tires are rated to ~3000 lbs each.

I'm pretty sure Duraburb uses the 9200-gvwr braking system to upgrade payloads on their modded trucks.

Upgrade the brakes and tires, and you could theoretically have a GVWR approacing 10,000 lbs, without much gain in the curb weight. I would buy a 2016 Burb with a 3,000-lb payload and 9500-lb GVWR in a split second. Shut up and take my money.

But again,not holding my breath.

3klb payload would be pushing it. Our 2500HD CCSB has about 2750lbs payload per the door sticker.

Will be interesting to see what happens!