Better Late Than Never - Chevy Starts to Work With Trailer Orgs.

[Gorehamj]

John Goreham
Contributing Writer, GM-Trucks.com
9-21-2016

Chevrolet announced today that it is about to start working "directly" with the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) and the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) to better "integrate" the trailering experience.

In its press statement, Chevy said, "By working directly with the industry, Chevrolet will help trailer manufacturers develop technologies that improve combined trailer and truck safety and industry safety standards." Don't these guys have annual trade shows and seminars like every other organization, at which people like Chevy, Ford, Ram, and others come together and discuss such things already? They do, of course. NATM has been around for a quarter century and RVIA includes in in its membership 98% of the folks in the trailering business.

 

This news is as welcome as the news that GM adopted the Society of Automotive Engineer’s (SAE) J2807 towing standards back in 2014, following Toyota's lead. The good news left us asking just one question; "Why didn't Chevy work directly with the trailer organizations sooner?"

[MikeNH]

What exactly are they looking to add? Every pickup has an available brake controller and all HDs come with various 5th wheel/gooseneck prep packages.

[vertigo]

What exactly are they looking to add? Every pickup has an available brake controller and all HDs come with various 5th wheel/gooseneck prep packages.

This may help.

http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/192120-2017-chevrolet-silverado-trailering-and-towing-video/

[MikeNH]

Nice video but that didn't really answer anything. lol

[Colossus]

Considering that there are a ton more Dodge & Ford HDs towing trailers out there vs the GM twins, I suppose anything they can do to try to improve things is a plus.

[vertigo]

Nice video but that didn't really answer anything. lol

Considering GM was the first to publicly announce their agreement to work with trailer manufacturers, I would hope that they are taking a more in depth look as to how trailers are manufactured and their behavior while being towed.

Possibly a better way to combat sway, payload management and better braking systems.

[sk]

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What is with the title of this thread? GM is the FIRST manufacturer to propose working directly with these trailer groups so how are they "better late than never"?!?!

[barry G]

I must be old.

They have never gotten the stuff right..

ford, dodge or gm.

 

the past year or so, I have been almost in awe at how good things are getting.

 

For decades..the receiver hitch is 3 gauges bigger than a half ton frame, and for many years, all frames were too skinny to make sense of it.

Dangers. How the hell did it take this long to figure that out.

 

the only real law abiding organized think was whether a truck could have a camper in the back or not. I remember all 3 brands going with those rules..find them in the glove box.

 

incredibly retarded history. Then the electric trailer brakes of the 1980s insane version remained into the 2000s zapping frames like a mig welder in reverse.

 

I took my own 2 inch ball to a confident 5000. no more...and that tongue weight, it is still less than my dead obese uncle. Think likes its 20 years old, is the same as 50.