SoDakKid wrote:
fx2tom wrote:
What does the yellow sticker say inside your driver door jamb. Should say something like "Weight of cargo and passengers should not exceed ___ lbs".
Thanks for the quick responses! yellow sticker says 1486 lbs... I assume that is passengers/cargo and tounge weight total?
Yes, but that is artificially low. And this question comes up every day about 3 times on this site alone.
There will be about 30 rvnet door sticker nut humpers come along and tell you family of 4 and bikes in the truck bed, you need to stick to a pop up camper for payload purposes.
That is about 1000% false, unless every one of the millions of 1/2 ton trucks running around every day, new, old, low miles, high miles, US, Jap, turbo charged, NA, hauling or towing far more than the milquetoast 1500lb cargo rating are wrong. And they're not. 4500lbs or a bit mor is not going to have any ill effects on any newer (or older for that fact if in good shape) 1/2 ton rear axle.
I have the same truck as you, but with a 6 speed. It's my work truck. At almost 100k miles, it seems to be holding up fine. I've towed 10-14k lbs with it (not all the time) over mountain passes.
Personally I wouldn't want to lug around a 9-10 klb travel trailer. I'd want to stay around 7-8k lbs for a comfortable tow
