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Do you tow with the trucks on 37s often? Any worries about transmission temp? If I had the tools I would, so I would let the professionals take it. This whole idea has me thinking diesel long term so I’m not sure. thanks for the replies guys!

Hello all, I am looking into acquiring a travel trailer and would like to know everyone’s experience with towing capacity in these trucks. I have a 2018 Silverado LS 2WD with the 3.42s. According to the manual, this gives me a capacity to tow around 9200lbs. I also noted the same truck with 3.08s has a capacity of around 6400lbs. Is the truck really that effected by the gear ratio? My dilemma is I am running 35x12.50x17 tires, however I don’t have a lift so not a big difference in drag. Based off some quick calculations I found online, my gear ratio is in the effect of 3.01. I’ve found a few trailers that I like that are between 27-31ft with a dry weight of 5-6k lbs. I imagine I will be hauling closer to 7k loaded. Does anyone have experience towing this amount of weight with these size tires on factory gears? Should I consider a regear before attempting this? Also, I live in AZ, so day-to-day driving is 99% flat, but I’m wanting to do my camping up in the mountains to get away from the heat.

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a ‘18 1500 double cab LS. My intentions were to make it a daily driver and tow rig for my crawler, but of course things change! I originally purchased a 2” level kit just to make the truck look right, but I decided to return it for something with a little more oomph. I am now in the market for a 3-5” lift, however the variations of lifts is mind blowing. Could anyone provide a link or description to help explain the differences between them? I’ve seen knuckle lifts which appear to be promising due to the fact that they offer greater strength to the overall design of the suspension geometry. However, I’ve read that thy require new control arms? Any other cons to them? Then there are bracket drop kits which retain stock geometry but create weaknesses within the overall unit due to stressing the ball joints and knuckles. Any pros or cons to these kits? They are definitely the most expensive and intrusive kits on the market. I have a set of 17x9 Method Standards on the way in -12/4.5” backspacing, I am looking to run 33x12.5s if possible. In the future, I would like to run Fox coil overs in the front with Fox shocks in the rear. Not necessary though. Thanks for any and all input!