GM's Max Trailering Package
So I had a bead on a beautiful '17 Ford F-150 with the 3.5L V6 and the max tow package, but that truck has since been sold before we are ready to buy (need to sell our Avalanche first). I keep lookin...
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X2 to Jerem0621;s comment and add...going by marketing nomenclature is risking getting caught in the marketing “king of the hill’ positioning where things are taken out of context (true, but not the whole picture)
Suggest looking at the OEM ratings and do the simple math using their ratings numbers.
GVWR, front & rear GAWR and their listed curb weight (not the old stripper model they used to employ for these “King of the Hilll” marketing, but their true weight as shipped from the factory)
But first decide if you believe in the OEM ratings. Huge and never ending discussion on ‘which’ ratings to ignore or follow. It is a very personal risk management decision.
IMO, the most important is the rear GAWR, then GVWR, then the rest of them.
Actual weights best, but if you do not have one or the other or neither...use their listed GVWR & tongue (that will provide the basic tongue percentage to calculate vs the actual weight)
Most of the weight on any pickup will be over the rear axle. Look at any pickup from the side and notice that the rear drivers door edge is about half way between the axles. Meaning anything loaded in the bed and/or on the ball will place the majority of that weight over the rear axle.
Why as you move up in the capacity/rating scale of TV’s, the rear GAWR jumps higher. Why half ton’s have many different rear GAWR and higher class starts at 6,000 rear GAWR
Nothing wrong with any pickup class, but just understand that and forget using marketing nomenclature
Also, understand the “corporate component/systems stock room” and is where many think they can guess which parts are needed to increase their ratings. They maybe correct, but that doesn’t change the OEM ratings.
Here is the link to the GM towing guide : https://www.chevrolet.com/truck-life/trailering-and-towing-guide
https://www.chevrolet.com/truck-life/trailering-and-towing-guide
Weird...posting via my iPad has clicky’s not work...
Poke around to see which half ton you like. Plus it has a fairly good glossary of towing terms
Suggest looking at the OEM ratings and do the simple math using their ratings numbers.
GVWR, front & rear GAWR and their listed curb weight (not the old stripper model they used to employ for these “King of the Hilll” marketing, but their true weight as shipped from the factory)
But first decide if you believe in the OEM ratings. Huge and never ending discussion on ‘which’ ratings to ignore or follow. It is a very personal risk management decision.
IMO, the most important is the rear GAWR, then GVWR, then the rest of them.
Actual weights best, but if you do not have one or the other or neither...use their listed GVWR & tongue (that will provide the basic tongue percentage to calculate vs the actual weight)
Most of the weight on any pickup will be over the rear axle. Look at any pickup from the side and notice that the rear drivers door edge is about half way between the axles. Meaning anything loaded in the bed and/or on the ball will place the majority of that weight over the rear axle.
Why as you move up in the capacity/rating scale of TV’s, the rear GAWR jumps higher. Why half ton’s have many different rear GAWR and higher class starts at 6,000 rear GAWR
Nothing wrong with any pickup class, but just understand that and forget using marketing nomenclature
Also, understand the “corporate component/systems stock room” and is where many think they can guess which parts are needed to increase their ratings. They maybe correct, but that doesn’t change the OEM ratings.
Here is the link to the GM towing guide : https://www.chevrolet.com/truck-life/trailering-and-towing-guide
https://www.chevrolet.com/truck-life/trailering-and-towing-guide
Weird...posting via my iPad has clicky’s not work...
Poke around to see which half ton you like. Plus it has a fairly good glossary of towing terms
