Safe weight for 2016 Silverado 2500
We are looking to upgrade from a 23 foot TT to a smallish 5th wheel. We bought a new 3/4 ton truck as part of the migration and are looking at used units. What is the best way to determine if the truc...
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Unitech123 wrote:
The truck is new. There are no stickers on either door. I have the sheet from the window and it has nothing useful. I googled the truck and got a GVWR of 9500, max trailer of 13000, and weight distr max tongue weight of 1300. There are just 2 of us (and sometimes a dog...) and we very rarely if ever carry water in our tanks. I am specifically looking at a used Montana 3150 because it has a king-sized bed and their web site shows a shipping weight of 11134 and a carrying capacity of 2831. So does that assume a max weight of 13965?
Well you don't state if the new 2500 is a gas or diesel. That effects payload, a diesel will pull more, but will carry less as the extra weight of the engine.
I doubt that you can carry that Montana within the GVWR of your 2500 at 9,500#.
This is another case of should have bought a 3500 SRW. That Montana will have a Dry pin in the area of 2,227# at 20%, if towed at full GVWR the pin could be between, 2,793# to 3,491# that is 20% to 25%.
