Brad Holleran

TRKLGND !.... Totally understand your point. I did have the trailer before the truck, do also understand that I am on the wire yet I have a issue spending a pile extra money on a large truck to sometimes pull a trailer and most of it's life getting groceries. As I explained in the beginning, I know my stuff, run the truck to it's engineered capacity which initially pulled the trailer legally and gives me best fuel mileage.

Maybe not the right thing to do however I did put the whole letter up for those who are first hearing of this issue !

Letter from GM

Reply to hollywoodsle !......I understand your point though the max GCWR is still 15,000 lbs, max trailer is now 8800lbs, max tongue weight now at 880lbs. Dry weight of trailer without contents is 8490 lbs + 2 30lb propane cylinders @ 50lbs each + 2 deep cycle batteries @ 50 lbs each = 8730 lbs The truck is 5096 lbs dry + 200 lbs fuel + 350 lbs 2 passengers = 5646 lbs Total GCW = 14,376lbs which is within total GCWR. Issue is !.....with the new tag the GCWR is still the same, the tongue weight is now 880 lbs which I am exactly that, The trailer is totally empty at 8730lbs leaving me 70 lbs for clothes, bedding, food, water, hoses, extension cords tools and anything else I may have forgotten. I purchased the truck knowing the initial 9300lb max trailer weight was on the wire when loaded with everything I need to enjoy. The truck is awesome, great gas mileage when used to get groceries or what ever and at Max GCWR works well. Only legal way of traveling is having the total contents of the trailer loaded in the back of my truck in order to not exceed max trailer weight when traveling which was not a issue until they dropped me 500lbs leaving me 5 to 600 lbs over weight when the trailer is loaded.

I actually got the the letter Thursday August 5th 2021 !…..dropped my towing capacity 500 lbs and tongue weight 50 lbs. My wife and I are aircraft techs from the RCAF, we know weight and balance and make no mistakes applying it to everything we own. Bought a GMC Sierra SLT 1500 with a 6.2 liter engine, towing capacity of 9300 lbs, existing trailer setup at around 9400 ish pounds so figured on the wire yet still good to go. The new tag on the truck puts us at 8800 lbs and tongue weight 50 lbs less which now puts us way out of the small window I feel comfortable staying in. Called GM, was informed absolutely do not tow anything over the new stated weight restriction which leaves me standing in the yard scratching my back side with a truck that has 13,000 kms on it and a awesome 40,000 dollar trailer sitting. Imagine the choice words I have expressed the past few days LOL !…..Supposedly corporate office will be in touch very soon to resolve the issue, i’ll keep everyone in the loop as best I can.