Silverado 3500 HD capabilities

[AKfish]

I thought the GM gas engine was a 6.2L?

Every time I read one of these threads on towing limits and vehicle capacities everything devolves into a jumble of semantics and differing legal interpretations by state or Canada.

Good grief!

I open the door of my truck and look at the sticker on the door panel (or the owner's manual) and it states the GCWR - gross combined weight restriction. Truck+Trailer+Cargo=GCWR. Simple.

I look at the sticker on my truck's trailer hitch. It's just a Category III hitch. Towing weight limit is 7,500lbs. Tongue weight is 10% or 750lbs. Simple.

AKfish

 

[RollingsFarms]

6.2 is only used in 1/2 tons. For now anyways. There's talk of it replacing the 6.0 eventually but who knows.

 

[timswi]

6.2 is only used in 1/2 tons. For now anyways. There's talk of it replacing the 6.0 eventually but who knows.

Yeah, the 6.2 has a ton of 'nads but it is a high revver..The 6.0 is the torque motor of the two. Both certainly have their place..I'm partial to my 6.2 at the moment.

 

[rmk700]

They want you to buy a diesel.

The diesel and gas engines have the same Max Conventional Trailering Rear Axle wt. 13,000 lbs. The net payload on the gas engine is higher. Heavy diesel engine.

The diesel has much better numbers with gooseneck trailering though.

 

[rmk700]

I thought the GM gas engine was a 6.2L?

Every time I read one of these threads on towing limits and vehicle capacities everything devolves into a jumble of semantics and differing legal interpretations by state or Canada.

Good grief!

I open the door of my truck and look at the sticker on the door panel (or the owner's manual) and it states the GCWR - gross combined weight restriction. Truck+Trailer+Cargo=GCWR. Simple.

I look at the sticker on my truck's trailer hitch. It's just a Category III hitch. Towing weight limit is 7,500lbs. Tongue weight is 10% or 750lbs. Simple.

AKfish

My door does not list GCWR, only GVWR. It is deep in the manual though.

It can be a little confusing and that's why I ask here. Like others are saying there are other factors, but I really took it as truck GVWR and max trailer wt. could be added together for GCWR..... but now I know.

I also now know that max load/cargo wt. really isn't much in the pickup world.

 

[buickanddeere]

Yeah, the 6.2 has a ton of 'nads but it is a high revver..The 6.0 is the torque motor of the two. Both certainly have their place..I'm partial to my 6.2 at the moment.

Being a 'high revver" is not a crisis. Down shifting to climb a hill is nothing to worry about. We are not comparing a 1000HP 1800rpm marine diesel to a 1000HP 900rpm marine diesel being operated 24/7 .

 

[Diamondpilot]

My door does not list GCWR, only GVWR. It is deep in the manual though.

It can be a little confusing and that's why I ask here. Like others are saying there are other factors, but I really took it as truck GVWR and max trailer wt. could be added together for GCWR..... but now I know.

I also now know that max load/cargo wt. really isn't much in the pickup world.

Let me simplify this. The GVWR is simply the maximum weight that can be on the trucks tires at any one time. It's that simple. The GCWR is the maximum weight that can be on the trucks tires and the trailer tires at any one time. So let's say the GCWR is 22,000#. If the truck were to weigh a 8,000# empty the max trailer weight would be 14,000#. It's that simple.

Chris

 

[MikePA]

GVWR - Click for Wikipedia definition
GCWR - Click for Wikipedia definition

Matches Chris' explanation (not that there was any doubt )

 

[buickanddeere]

Yeah, the 6.2 has a ton of 'nads but it is a high revver..The 6.0 is the torque motor of the two. Both certainly have their place..I'm partial to my 6.2 at the moment.

It wasn't that long ago a 318 in an 18 wheeler was considered lots to haul a 40 ton load coast to coast over two mountain ranges. Now we heard that 335HP and 380lb ft of torque in a pickup hauling a cattle trailer or some bales of hay isn't enough power .
Oh give it a rest. What next 1/4 mile drag races with a load of steers ?

 

[rmk700]

Let me simplify this. The GVWR is simply the maximum weight that can be on the trucks tires at any one time. It's that simple. The GCWR is the maximum weight that can be on the trucks tires and the trailer tires at any one time. So let's say the GCWR is 22,000#. If the truck were to weigh a 8,000# empty the max trailer weight would be 14,000#. It's that simple.

Chris

Ok, my truck curb wt. is 6680 lbs and max trailer conventional wt. is 13000 lbs. max gooseneck trailer wt. 13900 lbs. It's close to 20,500 lbs GCWR. However..conventional wt. is under GCWR by 820 lbs and gooseneck is over by 80lbs. and that's not including passengers, fuel, and cargo in truck.

I know the definitions. It's the madness wt. number methods the manufactures come up with that seems odd.