Terryallan wrote:
twodogs603 wrote:
My friend has a 6 month old Silverado 4x4 crew cab with the 5.3 and towing package. We towed two large motorcycles on a Featherlite aluminum trailer from Virginia to Florida. The total weight was around
26800 lbs and I was very surprised how poorly his truck towed that small load. Didnt have very good pickup and it seemed like it was always straining to keep up speed on the interstate. Kept downshifting and running the RPMs up real high. I expected a lot better performance then what it had.
Really? I would think that a 1500 towing twenty six THOUSAND pounds would be very disappointing. I would only be surprised if it actuall got to the speedlimit. Cause twenty six THOUSAND pounds is a lot for a 450.
However. I suspect that is a typo, and is more like 2,680. or two thousand, six hundred, and 80 pounds.:B
I suspect it must have been the twenty six thousand. I hauled an enclosed 16 ft U-haul trailer 1200 miles over 2 days with a 2014 Silverado that had the 5.3 and the 3.08 rear axle. Half of the miles had the trailer full of household items, including school books.
