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Here's one of my 08 and the toy-hauler. 32' and 8000# loaded with bikes and gear. The truck pulls it like it's not there!

 

 

Nice. What kind of mpg do you get towing? I realize that's a loaded question, but curious anyways.

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snarkee
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Love towing with this thing   Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk

FreeAmerican
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I towed our TT for the first time with the new 3/4 this weekend. I have to say on interstate and two lane the bigger truck does so much better. The big three push the half ton esp with the max tow

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Here's one of my 08 and the toy-hauler. 32' and 8000# loaded with bikes and gear. The truck pulls it like it's not there!

 

 

Nice. What kind of mpg do you get towing? I realize that's a loaded question, but curious anyways.

 

I think we average 8 0r 9. We sometimes tow this trailer with the wife's Tundra and the mileage is real close on both trucks.

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I think we average 8 0r 9. We sometimes tow this trailer with the wife's Tundra and the mileage is real close on both trucks.

 

 

Tundra 5.7? That would be an interesting comparison in towing feel/handling.

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I think we average 8 0r 9. We sometimes tow this trailer with the wife's Tundra and the mileage is real close on both trucks.

 

 

Tundra 5.7? That would be an interesting comparison in towing feel/handling.

 

The Tundra got thrown around a little more by the trailer. The suspension is a shade softer, but has the 5.7, and 4.30 gears, so it actually pulled better. Overall, I prefer the 2500 because it just feels like a heavier, more solid platform, and I'm a GM guy. :D

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c0boy Enthusiast

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Nothing to see here move along.... I hope to be towing this one day:

 

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this is it without a load

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with a load of wood from a tree i cut down in the front yard (full box) and it has e range tires on it

imagine how bad it would be without the blocks

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Is your truck a short box,I've never seen an ext cab with a short box,it actually looks really good.

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hey manly, what size trailer and weight is that? i just got a 13' salem thats 8K lbs...on my 1500 truck, i added air bags...going to give it 1 season to see how she tows and maybe upgrade to heavy duty.

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Finally got around to putting up a pic. This is actually from this past summer when I moved from my old house to a few miles up the road. The house was literally falling apart and we couldn't handle the mold issues anymore. 2012-06-15 20.09.06.jpg

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Not sure I'll ever be towing this again... Not sure I want to buy a new transmission anytime soon, but here's my shot

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Chris Senior Enthusiast

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Doesn't look bad. What is the weight

 

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00Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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Doesn't look bad. What is the weight Sent from my DROID RAZR MAXX using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2

Only a few thousand pounds at the most, but it took a looooot of trips since it's all I could get a hold off at the time...oh you meant elite's boat...oops....lol

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No idea, bare boat is 4500, with rigging and trailer i'd say somewhere between 6-7k, plus it was apparently full or water, so that day I'd say 7k+... Thanks to a few posts in here I'm looking into a weight distribution hitch since I have a class 4 receiver on my truck that I had installed to replace the stock hitch. It's got shock brakes on it. Just out of curiosity, my truck empty weighs 5400 LBS apparently and has a GVWR of 7k, so with me and my tools its probably at 5800 LBS, can it really tow this without hurting it?

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I think so

 

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