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1999 Sierra 1500 Sle V8 5.3l Vortec Tow Capability

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Was hoping to hear from anyone who owns a similar vehicle, Mine has an 8ft bed with a Jeraco Cap. Dry weight is 4700lbs and GVMW is 6400. 3.73 axle ratio. Max towing weight is 8300 and Max Combined weight is 13000lbs. If you own a similar vehicle and you tow a travel trailer, what type of weight do you tow, I am looking to tow a travel trailer (Not purchased yet, still looking) and would like to have a ball park of what I can expect to tow safely. Truck does have the tow package. Any advice would be helpful.

 

Thanks, Mark

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I would NEVER tow anything over 5500 Lbs as far as a trailer in a 1500. I believe these are rated for 7000 but they dont have the balls pull it, and no way is it safe towing that much. The brakes arent up to par for that, and the motor sure struggles especially where I live. around 5000-5500 is about it.

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Try and stay below 80% of your maximum tow rating. Also keep in mind that your tow rating decreses with the more weight that you put inside the truck, such as yourself, family, dog and any firewood. The GVWR of a trailer should be 80% of this final towing number. Ignore the dry weight of a trailer. Look at the GVWR of a trailer and go with that. Saying all that, if you find a trailer in the neighbourhood of 6500 pounds, you should be fine. Also, I recommend a tranny cooler, and a good brake controller such as the Tekonsha Prodigy. Know your towing limts, and stay within them, and you will be safe.

 

Cheers.

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i don't really know how big or what a travel trailer looks like, but i do tow around about 4-5k worth of trailer and car sitting on top of it with my 01 5.3 w/tow package. i can say that i really wouldn't want to put anything bigger on it. the motor doesn't have the grunt, and it's tough to maintain a decent highway cruising speed in any kind of headwind.

 

the braking performance is good with my brake controller and dual axle trailer brakes, and stability is fine, it just doesn't have the umph. maybe 131k miles has something to do with it?

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