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br549redneck
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Jul 27, 2014

2011 Chev silverado 2500 2962# capacity updated

Looking to purchase the above truck 2011 silverado 2500 ext cab LT diesel. Payload 3200# towing capacity 17,000#. I am wanting to pull a 28'-34' 5th wheel. Just guessing weights around 12-14K will I h...
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APT
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Jul 30, 2014
Thunderbolt wrote:
From my understanding GM's cargo capacity accounts for a 150lb person in every seating position and a full tank of fuel.


The NTSHA required Tire and Loading sticker includes no people. The sentence even says combined weight of occupants and cargo. This assumes no driver, no passengers, no cargo, but full of all fluids including fuel. It isn't Ford or Toyota or any other company's decision rather federal government defined.

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