weight of trailer and truck size

You can tow much more than you can haul. The important question is, what is the max cargo?

The max cargo is vehicle specific and is usually posted with the door jamb information.

My 5000 lb. Dry weight TT has 750 lbs of tongue weight when loaded for the road. That is about half of my TV's cargo capacity.

I could pull a 10,000 lb TT, if I wanted to leave the family and camp gear at home.

I always considered a 5000 lbs dry weight TT, the max load for a half ton. That leaves capacity for family and gear.

Under 6k dry should be a good match. Use a proportional brake controller and WDH with integrated sway control. Happy camping!

troubledwaters wrote:
People jumping to conclusions without having the most basic of information, like Payload Rating for starters.

Nonsense - no one is "jumping to conclusions", especially me as I've owned these GM 1/2 ton vehicles for 10 yrs now, just bought another 2012 Silvy, am intimately familiar with what this truck can and can't tow and there's no way the OP should be towing a trailer as heavy as he suggested with this truck. AND that payload sticker is only a guide and should be confirmed by actually weighing the truck with a full tank of gas - that's the only way you truly know what any vehicle can safely tow and within it's various ratings.

To the OP - if you're so convinced this is a viable combination, go ahead, but don't expect sympathy later when you discover your assumptions are just that - assumptions, not an accurate assessment of what your particular truck can actually achieve. Good luck. :)

As I previously stated the trailer I'm looking at specs is dry weight of 5,592 hitch weight of 572 and GVWR of 8,600. s owenssailer has stated those truck specs are similar except my trucks CAWR is 3950

Towing with 3.42 gears will be a very miserable experience unless it's all flat land or downhill.

Oh, and those whining about the gearing, the 8L90 has a 4.56 first gear and then 5 more non-overdrive gears to keep the engine in the power band, a far cry from the old 4 speeds.

Per the current GM publication that truck has a GVWR of 7200 lb, payload is 1850 lb and max trailer weight is 9200 lb. The engine in the 2017 is 355 HP as compared to the 2012 referenced above which is 315 HP.

There is no doubt that a top of the line weight distribution hitch with integated sway control would be necessary ( Equal-i-zer brand or Blue Ox for example)

With 1850 lb payload the truck should handle the tongue weight fine and stay within specs as long as the OP does not go wild loading in everything including a spare kitchen sink. The empty tongue weight is not very high. Working tongue weight will likely be in the 1000 lb range. That leaves 850 for passengers and stuff.

My 2012 tows our trailer fine. It has been 5 winters averaging around 8000 miles towing each year which has included 3 trips across the mountains to San Diego.

Based on my experience with an older version of that truck the OP will be fine as long he uses normal caution.

SoundGuy wrote:
... most likely GM's ubiquitous 3.42, not the best for towing, ...

CONCUR !

You need more axle, around 3.7-4.1.

Dog Trainer wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:
People jumping to conclusions without having the most basic of information, like Payload Rating for starters.

OP, you can research this and come to some very sound conclusions for yourself by checking out this site. clicky

Your going to need the payload rating, FAWR and RAWR on your truck from the yellow sticker on the door; then your going to need to know some basic info on the TT. You will have to make some reasonable assumptions about how you will be loading the TT and truck (both cargo and people). Lacking all this information, everything else is just jumping to conclusions.

No conclusions to Jump to. That truck will not safely tow the trailer the OP is asking about. So spend all the time you want researching it but the short answer to the OP'S question is too much trailer for that truck.

Why not? He'd be under GCWR and my similar truck has 1720 payload so with two adults and a lightly loaded bed I'd be under cargo capacity, not sure why you're confident he'd be unsafe.

The truck combined weight rating is 1,772lbs and the camper dry weight is 5,592 and GVWR is 8,600 and hitch weight is 572lbs