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Originally Posted by MightyBobo
Does this service truck even have the 5.3L in it? I had a 2008 Silverado extended cab with the towing package, and that barely was allowed up to 10000 lbs I believe, and that was with the max towing package if I recall correctly.
I would be very nervous about towing a big enough enclosed trailer PLUS car in it, especially with a bare-bones truck such as this. You even need to fix up the rear-end with a hitch and whatnot, if it even has one already underneath all of that diamond plate. I used to tow my 370Z (which is like, 600-700 lbs lighter than the ZL1 I believe) with a UHaul open car trailer (2200 lbs) - so roughly 5500-5600 lbs. I can't imagine wanting to pull 7000 lbs of car and trailer, PLUS all of your gear, with that old-arse truck.
Ill be honest, trying to use this as a tow vehicle is a head-scratcher for me.
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I have a 2015 Sliverado Crew Cab 4x4 w/ the newer version of the 5.3L in it. I towed my Camaro on a U-Haul trailer like you describe and it was like was barely there.
For comparison, my equipment trailer weighed roughly 2500 lbs. I would commonly tow that trailer with two tons of wood fuel for my stove (6500 lbs total) and there was never a question that I had that load behind me. lol
Sometimes, it doesn't take a huge difference in weight to make a pretty significant difference in the towing experience.
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Originally Posted by FarmerFran
There are more aspects to towing then just the "tow rating". Max tow ratings from the mfg are bullshit
Towing, payload and axle ratings. You need to be within all of them. There should be the payload and axle sticker on the door jamb. If you get pulled over you better not be over those weights.
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Yep... How much can each axle carry? How much tongue weight is there? How much of the tongue weight needs to be transferred to the front axle (WDH hitch)? How much braking capacity does the tow vehicle have? How much payload can the tow vehicle carry in addition to having the trailer attached? There is actually quite a lot that goes into towing safely. And there's a lot of good reasoning behind limiting the "average consumer" to 10K gross trailer weight no matter the tow vehicle...