TT tow weight?

No reason why not. You should have more than enough truck for such a lite TT.

You're good with that set up

That trailer should work well with your truck. It sounds like you've got the hitch all figured out. If trailer brakes are working good, you should have a good towing experience.

Happy camping!
Jerry

Your good. I had a 2011 Sierra 1500 with tow package etc.. pulled a 24 ft trailer, GVW of 6400(ish), GVWR of 7500 if I remember correctly. Pulled no problem at all.

Mike

Thanks everyone, I'm planing a 3 month trip early next spring driving back east.

I don't think GM has an OEM isolator as standard EQ. in their trucks, even with a tow pack.
If your style is to park for long periods of time while still being hooked up (TT to TV ) , you should have an isolator solenoid installed under the hood, they are not expensive .
Isolate your TV starting battery from your TT deep cycle battery, so you don't run them both down and not be able to start the truck.
Without one, you have to unplug the TT from the TV and remember to plug it back in before you drive off .

had a 2009 GMC 1500 with 5.3.
24 ft TT
pulled fine.
get a good WDH
I did add air bags for a little more support, and to help level

alzwak wrote:
Im needing to know if this is a good tow for my truck or do i need to look into getting a larger truck?

I've been towing similarly sized travel trailers for 10+ yrs with GM's ubiquitous 5.3L coupled to the older wide ratio 4-speed just as you have and if your truck also has a 3.42 axle count on towing over flat terrain in 3rd with Tow Haul engaged. Serious upgrades will require downshifting to 2nd if you expect to not just crawl uphill ... a 3.73 axle ratio would improve the situation somewhat but likely not enough to avoid constant downshifting if towing in Drive. Don't be fooled by those towing with GM's newer narrow ratio 6-speed which can better match the proper gear to the task at hand ... believe it, your older 4-spd will definitely know that weight is back there. You'll also want to be careful to not exceed your remaining payload capacity, determined obviously by how many people and how much additional cargo may also be in the truck when you're towing. ;)

Not to be "that guy" but I'll share what I ran into with my little trailer, smaller than yours.... is payload capacity of the 1500 truck.

My ram can only carry 1200 lbs, which sounds like a lot but is hardly anything. 500 lbs gone right away for the trailer tongue. another 400 lbs is gone with my dog and I in the cab. That's 1200-900 and the bed is still empty. Generators, gas can, some firewood, extra water jugs, barbeque, before I knew it I was out of payload, and still have over 6000 lbs towing capacity remaining (truck rated for 10000 lbs.)

This hasn't stopped or even discouraged me from towing... i know the truck can haul a lot more than the lawyers rate it for, but it still lingers in the back of my mind.

Just something to think about.

Thanks again everyone for all the useful information Im getting