K2500 and 12,500 lb Keystone Raptor 3712
Hello everyone. I am trying to prepare my truck to pull a trailer slightly over the tow capacity. I know it's not ideal but I don't have a choice at the moment. So please if you are going to tell me w...
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"A jack knife across other lanes" could have occured with a rig UNDER ALL of its ratings. So this example is on the bogus end of things! At the end of the day, ANY trailer can jack knife! The person with the jack knifed trailer was not charged with a weight issue!
With this in mind....I used to pull a 12K equipment trailer, granted a pintle hitch with my 96 SW K3500 CC. While it did ok, one could tell the tail was somewhat in charge. Hence why I also recommend no trailer larger than 2x the GRAWR. As mine was 6080 due to tires, 6400 lb spring pack IIRC. I changed out to 8500 lbs springs, it handled way better. Later I realized about the same as my 05 dually with 8500 lb rear suspension. Dually part made no difference.
My experience with be to say, do not do this! with out some mods to the rear suspension!
Marty
With this in mind....I used to pull a 12K equipment trailer, granted a pintle hitch with my 96 SW K3500 CC. While it did ok, one could tell the tail was somewhat in charge. Hence why I also recommend no trailer larger than 2x the GRAWR. As mine was 6080 due to tires, 6400 lb spring pack IIRC. I changed out to 8500 lbs springs, it handled way better. Later I realized about the same as my 05 dually with 8500 lb rear suspension. Dually part made no difference.
My experience with be to say, do not do this! with out some mods to the rear suspension!
Marty
