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Apr-18-2016 07:07 AM
blt2ski wrote:
What is broken ont he truck? or needing repairs?
Reality, a newer CC pickup with the 6.0/6sp auto or if you can get the 6sp in the express, wither of those would pull your trailer where you want to go with family in tow.
Marty
Apr-15-2016 06:51 PM
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Apr-15-2016 12:02 PM
Oreonut wrote:
Hi all,
I have been happily camping after all the great advice I got on her back in 2006. Sadly our 2006 Chevrolet 2500HD is needing to be replaced and we are having a hard time coming up with a replacement that works for our much larger family. We have been taking a mini van and towing with the truck on all our vacations for some time now and would like to put us all in one vehicle.
I am looking for options for 6 people to ride comfortably and tow a 2007 Sunnybrook Sunset Creek - dry weight 6615 - length 33' and we always drive with no water on board.
I searched for a used 2500 Suburban but no luck in finding anything with lower mileage that was in the budget.
We are considering a 2016 Chevy Express 2500 and converting the second row of seats to bucket seats. Will this still pull the trailer adequately? While the tow rating is 10,000 I know that is usually super misleading.
I am open to any and all suggestions.
Thanks!
Apr-15-2016 09:56 AM
Oreonut wrote:atwowheelguy wrote:Oreonut wrote:
A salesman just told my husband we could get a Tahoe. Really?
The trailers has a dry weight of 6615, dry hitch of 875. The entire payload of the Tahoe is only 1745 with a max hitch weight of 990 and a towing rate of 8600. I guess technically we could do it but I think not.
Apparently you have owned and towed this camper for some time. What is the actual "loaded for camping" tongue weight and axle weight of the camper?
We don't really know as we have never weighed it. We have a truck that can tow 12,000 lbs so we knew we were never even close to pushing its max. I would be concerned to go with something like a Tahoe where we would be at the top of the max as far as payload, hitch weight and trailer weight. I would just prefer to have some more wiggle room.
I do tend to be more cautious after being in an accident while towing a trailer when I was young. We were in a Suburban pulling a trailer that really wasn't super long and a truck passed us at a very high rate of speed and we got to swaying. The Burb ended up flipping over hence the Hensley hitch and the larger truck.
Apr-15-2016 09:47 AM
Apr-15-2016 09:21 AM
atwowheelguy wrote:Oreonut wrote:
A salesman just told my husband we could get a Tahoe. Really?
The trailers has a dry weight of 6615, dry hitch of 875. The entire payload of the Tahoe is only 1745 with a max hitch weight of 990 and a towing rate of 8600. I guess technically we could do it but I think not.
Apparently you have owned and towed this camper for some time. What is the actual "loaded for camping" tongue weight and axle weight of the camper?
Apr-15-2016 07:52 AM
Oreonut wrote:
A salesman just told my husband we could get a Tahoe. Really?
The trailers has a dry weight of 6615, dry hitch of 875. The entire payload of the Tahoe is only 1745 with a max hitch weight of 990 and a towing rate of 8600. I guess technically we could do it but I think not.
Apr-15-2016 05:51 AM
Apr-15-2016 05:46 AM
73guna wrote:
What is your budget?