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Jan-10-2022 05:43 PM
BurbMan wrote:
I love these threads! Two pages of posts over 10 days telling the OP he will overweight and flirting with danger, meanwhile the OP never said what kind of truck he/she owns and nobody has asked!
Jan-10-2022 02:01 PM
Jan-10-2022 10:51 AM
BurbMan wrote:
I love these threads! Two pages of posts over 10 days telling the OP he will overweight and flirting with danger, meanwhile the OP never said what kind of truck he/she owns and nobody has asked!
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Jan-08-2022 04:10 PM
Jan-08-2022 01:42 PM
motortrend wrote:
The Best Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra Half-Ton For Towing
For the 2021 model year, the highest tow rating for a Chevy Silverado 1500 or GMC Sierra 1500 is found in an extended-cab four-wheel-drive model equipped with the company's 6.2L V-8 engine and its NFT towing package. This gets a maximum rating of 13,300 pounds.
Silverado and Sierra models equipped with the 4.3L V-6 top out at 7,900 pounds, while those with the 2.7L I-4 bump up to 9,600 pounds. Trucks with the 5.3L V-8 can tow up to 11,500 pounds. Surprisingly, the 3.0L Duramax diesel tops out at a maximum towing of 9,500 pounds.
The Best Ford F-150 Half-Ton For Towing
For 2021, Ford reclaimed the best-in-class title for half-ton towing its F-150 pickup. Ford also has the largest number of cab and engine configurations in the class, along with available axle ratios, as well. This makes determining the actual tow rating of any truck a lot more difficult. (GM alleviates this confusion with stickers in the door jamb.) Confusion factor aside, the 3.5L EcoBoost V-6-equipped Ford F-150 can tow a maximum of 14,000 pounds. And this can be achieved with both Super Cab and Super Crew configured trucks in two-wheel drive.
Ford 5.0L V-8-equipped F-150 can tow up to 13,000 pounds in all cab configurations, while the 2.7L EcoBoost V-6 is capable of up to 10,100 pounds for Super Cab and Super Crew four-wheel-drive models. Ford's 3.0L Power Stroke diesel V-6 is available only in four-wheel-drive Super Cab and Super Crew models and is rated at a maximum of 12,100 pounds in both. The company's base 3.3L V-6 is rated at a max of 8,200 pounds in all cab configurations, and the new 3.5L Power Boost hybrid-equipped trucks can drag up to 12,700 pounds.
There are more, but this gets the message across that the OP might have a half ton with 12,500 MTWR
car and driver wrote:
snip...to the full sized half tons
Toyota Tundra | 10,200 pounds
Nissan Titan XD | 11,070 pounds
Ram 1500 | 12,750 pounds
GMC Sierra 1500 | 13,200 pounds
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | 13,300 pounds
Ford F-150 | 14,000 pounds
snip...the +8K GVWR's
Jan-07-2022 04:09 PM
BenK wrote:
There are over a dozen DIFFERENT ‘half tons’ and some are right up there or near up there with 3/4 tons and most are down in the same as full sized cars & midsized pickups
Ford’s half ton Unicorn have a 7 lug wheel and GM’s half ton Unicorn have an 8 lug wheel.
At one time these ‘HD’ half ton’s had same or nearly the same RGAWR’s & GVWR’S as 3/4 ton pickups
Just trying to help this OP with metrics for them to figure it out themselves. They did say they already had the TV and looking at a trailer…the why suggesting of scaling the TV axle by axle and then using the trailer brochure numbers to figure an approximate situation for the setup. Edit…as they didn’t say which TV they have…just have a TV with a +12K MTWR
Expected the OPs TV to come out nearly at RGAWR capacity, unless they have that fabled ‘HD’ half ton and even then, might have limiting issues with the RGAWR.
Then with the TV’s actual weights, they can then look at other brochure specifications and still think they will find that those trailers will be way smaller than their original wants.
Assuming the OP is going to stick to staying under or within the OEM’s specifications
Here is a good site to read of those fabled ‘HD’ half ton’s
All you need to know about this heavy half-ton unicorn
https://www.motortrend.com/news/chevy-1500hd-2001-2006-crew-cab-half-ton/
There are articles of the Ford fabled half ton, but this one should do it….
Jan-07-2022 02:31 PM
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