I never actually looked at this before, and sure wish I had, but I dug into what my 2500HD can pull
And man am I disappointed
This sort of dovetails into the dually thing but looking at my 2500 HD which weighs 8700 give or take, the max GVW is only a paltry 10,000 lbs. Put the wife a preranger in there with some baggage and I'l all in at max gross weight.
Gets worse. Kat and I were strolling around a huge camper store and came across a nice fifth wheel we both like. It is a smaller 28 foot unit that weighs a bit over 10K dry and has a max gross of 12,500.
Referencing the 2500HD duramax again, I can only find a combined max gross weight of 16,700 if using a fifth wheel. Total weight of the whole combo would put me roughly 5,500 over the max!!!!!!!!!!!
I see 2500's pulling these fivers and I just assumed it was fine. I'll bet every single one of them are illegal and way over the limit. When I pulled that dump trailer of mine and came off the scales at 28,000+ I guess I was a cool 12,000 over the max.
Am I getting something wrong here? I just did all the math and I am using the tag from the glove box and drivers door jamb.
If this is true, this 2500 is only a diesel 1500, not much good to pull anything, and incapable of pulling anything I already own!!!
GERRRRRRRRRR
