TT tow weight?
I have a 23 ft travel trailer (gvw 4360 lbs / gvwr 5500 lbs) I plan on towing it with my 2006 GMC 1/2 ton truck SLT 5.3 Eng. with the towing package, also installed in the truck are the trailer brake ...
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Not to be "that guy" but I'll share what I ran into with my little trailer, smaller than yours.... is payload capacity of the 1500 truck.
My ram can only carry 1200 lbs, which sounds like a lot but is hardly anything. 500 lbs gone right away for the trailer tongue. another 400 lbs is gone with my dog and I in the cab. That's 1200-900 and the bed is still empty. Generators, gas can, some firewood, extra water jugs, barbeque, before I knew it I was out of payload, and still have over 6000 lbs towing capacity remaining (truck rated for 10000 lbs.)
This hasn't stopped or even discouraged me from towing... i know the truck can haul a lot more than the lawyers rate it for, but it still lingers in the back of my mind.
Just something to think about.
My ram can only carry 1200 lbs, which sounds like a lot but is hardly anything. 500 lbs gone right away for the trailer tongue. another 400 lbs is gone with my dog and I in the cab. That's 1200-900 and the bed is still empty. Generators, gas can, some firewood, extra water jugs, barbeque, before I knew it I was out of payload, and still have over 6000 lbs towing capacity remaining (truck rated for 10000 lbs.)
This hasn't stopped or even discouraged me from towing... i know the truck can haul a lot more than the lawyers rate it for, but it still lingers in the back of my mind.
Just something to think about.
