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last year i asked all your opinions on pulling my buddies 30' camper to a Country USA music festival here in WI. well i finally got the pics off the camera, so i thought id put some on here. it pulled amazing, and sat level with just the airlift, then even more so when i put the stability bars on. our site was pretty muddy the whole time, luckily it was mostly where the truck got parked. truck2.jpgtruck.jpgtc2.jpgtruckcamper.jpg

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luckily 7/8ths of the trip was on back roads where the speed limit was 55. so i kept it at 55-60 and yeah it pulled fine. the last part was highway and so i did about 60-65, it was 5 in the morning so there wasnt much traffic to worry about. averaged about 10-13 mpg the whole way, about 4 or 5 mpg taking off from stop signs, and getting onto the highway lol

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were you technically over your legal weight limit ? or past your towing capacity ?

 

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To my knowledge, GVWR and tow ratings aren't "legal weight limits", unless the vehicle is being used for commercial transport (i.e.. DOT regulated). Even then, it only matters when the combined weight rating exceeds 10,000 lbs. Not that it's smart to ignore the ratings or that some lawyer couldn't try to use it to his advantage (?), but they're not legal limits that I know of.

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Brave man, well you made it. I wouldn't recommend pulling that much weight on a regular basis with a 1500. I'd check your tranny fluid, make sure it's doesn't smell burnt or is dark. The tranny and breaks would be my concern. The engine oil gets changes more than the tranny.

pwall Senior Enthusiast

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What's the GVWR of the trailer itself ? Length really means nothing.

(ie. my first trailer was 30ft, and had a gvwr of 6000lbs).

az'03Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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What's the GVWR of the trailer itself ? Length really means nothing.

(ie. my first trailer was 30ft, and had a gvwr of 6000lbs).

 

I was wondering the same thing. The trailer can be as big as a semi as long as the tongue weight and trailer weight are w/in limits. Doesn't matter how big it is. (Queue the jokes)

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Just make sure you empty the king size water bed before you tow it anywhere. :pimp::confused:

:cool::lol:

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