limits of 1999 GMC suburban 1/2 ton

Either get a smaller trailer or a PUP for now and save up for a higher class TV
to tow that bigger trailer later

This is a very common 'half ton' thread and the OEMs LOVE that. They get to sell
another TV very, very soon...not dis'ing, just the facts of the half ton topic

All of the Ratings is NOT for the good days out there, when just about anything
'can tow it'...all things designed/engineered are for the day Mr Murphy crosses
your path. That is the 'RATING' info the OEMs provided and then factored by either
fine print or bracketed or whatever modifiers they use

Either you have the right sized or not, spot on. No time to go back to the store
for higher class or re-setup.

BenK wrote:
Read this thread, which is the same topic...

Other than power, what is 2500 advantage over 1500?

BenK wrote:
IMHO...all the details in the world won't help those who have no knowledge of how
this stuff works...repeat...it is like trying to explain sex to a virgin...they
have no basis or knowledge (ignorant, not a slight...that is the correct word...look
that word up)

Maybe this might get that message across

To these folks with no knowledge or experience of what this topic/thread is about,
maybe these visuals of sledge hammer heads might get that across

This is also a very, very, very common thread on half tons (AKA lowest
class full sized TV) for both newbies and advisors. Not just here, but
in most all forums I visit. Boy racer forms do understand and know because
they push it and break stuff much more often than here...

Sledge hammers come in various 'ratings', or 'weights', or 'class'. I have a 2 lb,
8 lb, 10 lb and a 16 lb sledge hammers. All but the 2 pounder looks the same, has
about the same head size, etc...just like the OP seeing the 1500/half ton Sub
looking exactly like the 2500-3/4 ton Sub...they both have the same body...except
for the badging

The higher class Sub (2500, or 3/4 ton, or 8.6K GVWR) has a bigger/heavier:

• Frame
• Suspension
• Tranny
• Diff
• Wheels
• Tires
• Drive shaft
• U-Joints
• Brakes
• etc, etc, etc, etc

All stuff not readily seen, nor measured...nor understood their differences
in this matter

Even the software is different...and...get this...many times some of
those attributes are 'de-tuned' for the higher class...even though the
part is the same between the lower class and higher class
















This is all part of the ability to 'manhandle' the setup/situation. Not
a 'can do', but to do it well and for a long time. Like folks thinking
the TV that towed the Space Shuttle is of a higher class...but what
they miss is that the Shuttle was in it's 'DRY' weight condition, that
it was just a few miles and Mr Murphy did not cross it's path so that
it would have needed all of the rating margin it could muster or had
left...or how long could that TV tow that Shuttle...shown in that
video for maybe a few miles...anyone think it could for 100,000 miles? :R