jbdoughty01
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- May 12, 2005
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1. LOVE my 2013 Z71 Avalanche, and don't really want to change trucks.
2. Am aware that a 2500 diesel would tow as if there was nothing back there at all.
3. I'm towing a Cherokee 23DBH travel trailer (~5400lbs dry; ~7600#GVWR).
So the question is (more legality than anything else): With 3.08 gears (which I know is not ideal), the GCWR is 11k. With factory tow package (and 3.42 gears), it gets upped to 14k. My question is, if I've installed aftermarket class IV hitch, trans oil cooler, brake controller, and use a good weight distribution hitch set-up, is my legal max still 11k, or have I legally upped it to 14k by doing my own HD mods? I suppose same question goes for trailer weight (5000# vs 8000#), but overall GCWR was my main concern.
Any thoughts?
I know either way I'm either over or pushing the limits, but I just love the truck so much and don't want to get something else (family recently got into camping though too, and have been loving that as well, so maybe could be convinced to upgrade trucks to a 2500 diesel...). Just wondering if something horrific were to happen, would the insurance company lawyers hang me out to dry with my configuration...
2. Am aware that a 2500 diesel would tow as if there was nothing back there at all.
3. I'm towing a Cherokee 23DBH travel trailer (~5400lbs dry; ~7600#GVWR).
So the question is (more legality than anything else): With 3.08 gears (which I know is not ideal), the GCWR is 11k. With factory tow package (and 3.42 gears), it gets upped to 14k. My question is, if I've installed aftermarket class IV hitch, trans oil cooler, brake controller, and use a good weight distribution hitch set-up, is my legal max still 11k, or have I legally upped it to 14k by doing my own HD mods? I suppose same question goes for trailer weight (5000# vs 8000#), but overall GCWR was my main concern.
Any thoughts?
I know either way I'm either over or pushing the limits, but I just love the truck so much and don't want to get something else (family recently got into camping though too, and have been loving that as well, so maybe could be convinced to upgrade trucks to a 2500 diesel...). Just wondering if something horrific were to happen, would the insurance company lawyers hang me out to dry with my configuration...