Maximum length for 1500
I don't want to beat a dead horse and I have looked through the forums and found some information. I have a Silverado 1500 2WD crew cab with 3:42 gear ratio. The TT we like is 33 feet long and 6150 dr...
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Jebby14 wrote:
could likely be done, I wouldn't. not going to be a fun tow. whats the payload of the chevy?
payload minus weight of everything and everyone in the truck and truck bed minus 100 lbs for the wd hitch is whats left for tongue weight.
take that number (the remaining payload) and multiply by divide by 0.15 and that's the heaviest I would tow.
dry weight means nothing. use the gvwr.
example for my f150
1850
-400 (family and this will get bigger my kids are little)
-250 (stuff in truck)
-100 (hitch)
-100 (fluff since I like to have room)
=1000 available tongue weight
1000/0.15=6667 lbs
my camper comes in fully loaded rate around 4500(shes only 23 feet and the and tows wonderfully gvwr 4677)
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The payload is 2180. So based on those calculations I'd have about 1180 available time tongue weight and 7800 for camper weight. So by the time the camper is loaded with stuff I'm sure it will be closer to 6700-7000lbs. So would be close. Like you said then. Could probably be done but wouldn't be great towing.
