Towing with a 2015 Chevy 2500HD Duramax
I'm looking at purchasing a new fifth wheel and I am getting a wide array advice on how much trailer I can tow. According to my owners manual my truck has a fifth wheel trailer weight rating of 17900...
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Towing is totally different from load carrying capacity. Which is what your avter if you want to haul a fiver. A fifer is going to place approx 20% of its total weight dire tly over the rear axle of your truck. Since you dont have a trailer yet, use 20% of a fivers GVWR as your number of choice. Go weight your truck loaded ready to travel plus 200 pounds for hitch and subtract that from the trucks GVWR. Payload minus your intended fivers pin weight. Thats what you need to know.
