Sierra 3500 Duramax towing
New to this forum and looking for group wisdom. Considering purchase of '18 3500 Duramax in a Denali pkg. The dealer cant tell me if the IBC will control my Titan EOH disk brakes on the trailer. ...
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Lantley wrote:
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Its easy to make those claims towing beyond your limits because you have nothing to compare to.
Tow your same rig with a combo that is within ALL of its parameters and I imagine you'll notice the difference.
I used to think the electric/magnetic brakes were fine on my 5'er until I installed disc brakes;)
I can't really tell from your reply who you are referring to, but if it's me, one of my tow vehicles is a F350 diesel dually.
Wait until somebody here on the forum states what the magical payload number is on a specifically equipped 2018 3500HD Chevy.
You can end up with a payload number that is going to be artificially low at less than 3000 pounds, because a "no charge" option on the SRW is a 10,000 pound GVWR. The pay-low/po-po are gonna go nuts and tell the chap, "you need a bigger truck".
The problem in my mind is many folks who are zoned in on payload as a magical number is, that as soon as they see that number, all thought process stops, and they revert to their standard reply: you need a bigger truck or smaller trailer.
There is more to the story of GVWR and therefore payload. But some folks can't get beyond a number typed on a sticker stuck to the door jamb.
BTW, I use three different trucks to pull my four different trailers. I have a stack of CAT scale tickets that show all my towing is within the axle and tire limits and almost always within the "payload" limit. My F350 has over 4800 pound of "payload" written on it's sticker.
