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My boss and friend is buying a new fift wheel trailer. He is looking at a model with three slide outs and one with four. They are over 13,000 lbs.

 

He owns a 2002 2500HD CC with the Duramax / Ally.

Is that to heavy ? it looks like the truck is rated to tow a fifth wheel not to exceed 15,200 lbs but will he be sorry he is lugging that much weight when he hits the mountain passes? He towed the work trailer with a Scat Trak Mini Excavator on it a while back and was pretty proud of himself. That wasn't up hills and when I told him that the Mini Excavator only weighs 11,500 he began having second thoughts about the big trailer.

 

What do you trailer towing guys think?

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I believe your on the right track. He would be much better off with a Dually 3500 at that weight. There's lots of trailers less than 13K :D

Shaners Senior Enthusiast

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I think it will pull it OK. The biggest problem I can see is that he would probably want a dually instead of the single rear wheel.

 

The dually would be much more stable when towing a long and tall load like the 5'er you describe.

 

If he is towing just occaisionally the 2500HD should be able to do the job.

BDBWTE Senior Enthusiast

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I wouldn't think that 13K would be to much for that truck. But if he's like 90% of the people who think they tow a lot and want their truck to handle and accelerate the same then no he needs a T-200 Kenworth. My only concern would be cross winds and not the weight on the axle itself but on a rather narrow tire. four tires offer a lot more static friction than just two. Plus a 3500 has more springs and is heavier..

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This is off of gm's duramax page. The 2500HD CC 8' has higher limits than the

3500HD CC 8'. So towing would not be a problem, however I would assume that the 3500 would give you far better stability under adverse conditions with a heavy load.

 

SILVERADO/SIERRA 2500HD AND 3500 FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILERING

ENGINE: DURAMAX DIESEL 6600 V8

TRANSMISSION: AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL

2500HD 2WD/4X4

MODEL BOX LENGTH (FT.) MAX. TRAILER WEIGHT(1) (LBS.)

Regular Cab 8 16,800/15,700 3.73

Extended Cab 6.5 15,800/15,500 3.73

8 15,700/15,500 3.73

Crew Cab 6.5 15,600/15,300 3.73

8 15,400/15,100 3.73

3500 2WD/4X4

MODEL BOX LENGTH (FT.) MAX. TRAILER WEIGHT(1) (LBS.)

Regular Cab 8 15,600/15,400 3.73

Extended Cab 8 15,300/15,000 3.73

Crew Cab 8 15,100/14,800 3.73

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thanks for the info guys I have discussed it with my friend and now its his turn to decide what to do.

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