2014 HD 2500 DIESEL Chevy Truck

azshooter wrote:
You guys are scaring me.
I am looking at two 5th wheel toy haulers that I thought would not be a problem for my truck.

I have a 2011 GMC Denali, crew cab, 6.5’ bed.
From truck sticker:
GVWR 10,000lb
GAWR Frt 5,200
GAWR RR 6,200

From Duramax owner’s manual supplement for my configuration:
GCWR 24,500
Max Trailer wt 15,600
Max kingpin wt 3,500

The trailers are:
Eclipse Attitude 32SAG specs: GVWR 13,500, 9180 dry weight, 2160 kingpin, actual overall length 35’6”
Genesis Supreme 32CR specs: GVWR 13,800, 9530 dry weight, 2260 kingpin, actual overall length 34’10”
(GS 32CR 2016 specs as above, the 2015 specs had a much higher kingpin spec of 3,040 which makes me wonder…)

CWSWine has a similar truck and same RR axle rating, and weighed his truck at 3220 on RR axle without hitch? or other cargo. This would indicate a real world 3000# kingpin weight limit, vs the rating of 3500#.

So if I load trailer to max and have 20% on kingpin, I would be at ~2750# kingpin, add 250# for hitch and I’m at real world limit (and below spec.) And below spec for max trailer weight.

Seemed ok to me.

Is prevailing wisdom here that I’m overloading my truck?

BTW, I’ve never owner/towed a 5th wheel before.

Thanks for advice.

You are going to be in trouble with the rear axle. Are tires rated to 3100???? Is how they set the rear GAWR to 6200?

Chris