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5th wheel towing w/2011 shrtbd 1500 5.3L
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5th wheel towing w/2011 shrtbd 1500 5.3L
I have a new 2011 silverado 5'8" bed, 5.3L V8,HD trailering pkg,3.42 axel ratio 4 wheel drive, Z71. I have been towing a 3000 lb travel trailer and hardly know that it is back there. We have been looking at "1/2 ton towable fifth wheels" in the 6800 - 7100 lb dry weight range. From what I can find it looks like I have a 9500 lb max trailer weight rating and gross combined weight rating of 15,000 lbs. I figure the curb weight of the truck at 5329+full fuel 167+ 2 pasengers, dog 440 lbs+ 150 lbs for pin hitch = 6,086 lbs loaded truck weight. I add 7,000 lbs dry trailer and 1,000 lbs of misc stuff( water,cargo in the trailer and occasional 2 additional people in truck) and come up with GCWR of 14,086 lbs. The cargo weight that I used is very conservative as we don't travel any distance with much water if we can help it, and it is almost always just 2 of us and the dog. It appears that I am about 1,000 lbs or more below max. Towing to near to max is not usually a good experience. Does anyone out there have experience with a similar situation? Do my numbers look right?
Thanks
DC
Thanks
DC
Last edited by lightweight; February 27th, 2012 at 1:30 PM. Reason: added more detail
#4
Changing trucks is not an option right now. I do know that the towing experience will be different than towing a 3000 lb travel trailer. Was just wondering if it would be a bad tow. Could look for a smaller 5th wheel if needed but reduction in size does not change weight all that much
#5
A fifth wheel that weights 7500lbs maybe 1/2 ton towable but one that weights over 10000lbs is not JMO. I tow a bumper pull that weights 11000lbs (W/equalizer hitch) loaded with my 2500 hd 6.0 with no problems but when I first bought the trailer I had a 2007 1500 5.3 and it was just wrong to tow that kind of weight with it. The wind would kill me and the power was just not there so I ended up buyiing a new truck. I wish I had bought a lighter trailer to begin with.
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