roaming_free wrote:
Is your concern as much the transmission as the tongue weight?
Do you have the K5L option?
I thought the 3.42 was better for towing than the others.
I am not sure why you think a truck rated for 9600lbs shouldn't tow over 6000.
My Silvy does have the K5L heavy duty cooling option but that's not the issue when towing a trailer this heavy, lack of 1/2 ton payload capacity is. Don't let that so-called tow rating fool you - there's
no way you'll come anywhere near close to towing a trailer that heavy without exceeding the truck's payload rating and GRAWR (Gross Rear Axle Weight Rating). Load that trailer to camp and chances are it's GVW is going to be pushing awfully close to it's GVWR of 8600 lbs ... do the math - at 13% to 14% gross tongue weight you could easily be running 1100 lbs to 1200 lbs of gross tongue weight. Subtract that from your truck's payload capacity and you won't have much left at all to account for the weight of everything else in the truck
including the weight of whatever weight distribution system you're using. With this trailer you're without question in 3/4 ton territory.
