will my pickup haul my travel trailer 1000 miles?

[vyletterose]

will my custom(has cadillac escalade front end),2000 silverado 1500, with vortec v8 engine, pull my 30' bumper pull mallard camper trailer 1000 miles?
thinking interstate 40 for most of trip from kentucky to arizona

[fla-gypsy]

Insufficient data to derive a conclusion

[Chuck_thehammer]

Way to little information. Really.

yellow tag on drivers door.. has truck towing ability and limits..

trailer has a tag .. outside. and inside a kitchen cabinet..
trailer weight ( EMPTY ) and tongue weight...

my Coachmen 30 foot trailer is 8,300 pounds and YOURS will be different.
mine loaded for a trip is a little over 9,000 pounds. and a tongue weight of 1,400 pounds.

so most 1500 would not do my trailer.

[beemerphile1]

vyletterose wrote:
will my custom(has cadillac escalade front end),2000 silverado 1500, with vortec v8 engine, pull my 30' bumper pull mallard camper trailer 1000 miles?
thinking interstate 40 for most of trip from kentucky to arizona

Question for you. Could your sixteen year old Silverado make the trip without towing anything?

I just junked a 1998 Ford because the frame rusted through and broke. Your Silverado is only two years newer.

Even a new 1500 would be working hard to tow a 30' travel trailer.

[darsben]

Without knowing the condition of the truck or trailer I cannot give an answer.

Theoretically it can do it.
Will it be overweight, who knows.
Will you get there without incident, who knows.

[MudChucker]

That should drive those with no sense of humour crazy.

Seriously though, you have asked a question that requires knowledge of the weights a limits.

Don't look at it as a thousand miles, look at like a single mile a. Thousand times.

[MudChucker]

When you hook up are your front wheels on the ground?

Yes: proceed to next question
NO. STOP NOW

Do the trailer brakes work?

Yes: proceed to next question
NO. STOP NOW

Got good insurance?

Yes: proceed to next question
NO. STOP NOW

Got a good lawyer?

Yes: proceed with trip.
NO. STOP NOW

[FCStreamer]

How much does the trailer weight?
What is the towing capacity of the truck?
What is the payload capacity of the truck?
What is the tongue weight of the trailer?

With those four answers you should be able to figure it out.

[evanrem]

I'm pretty sure it will