Please help me I am so confused.

I have a Chev 1500 HD 6000.  I do believe it is rated for around 10,000 Pound hauling.  (someone can correct me *LOL*).

I am looking at Bison three horse trailers.  Can I haul the one with the slide ok?

Thanks so much in advance!

NO..... not with a 1500!

rodeofoto wrote: I am looking at Bison three horse trailers.  Can I haul the one with the slide ok?

Not if it's a steel trailer. 

A Chevy 1500HD is NOT a 1500 half ton as you know it, and most people mistake it for.  It is really a re-badged "light duty" 3/4 ton. IIRC it has a GVWR of 8600# as compared to a 2500HD of 9200#.  The limiting factor in this situation will be the rear axle (which I believe is rated at 6000# on the 1500HD)  just like any SRW pickup.

To answer the question we would have to know the rear axle limit and the pin weight of the trailer in question.  However I suspect anything with a slide is going to have a pretty high pin weight.

Thanks so much for your info!

You are right, it is at 2500 actually.  It is labelled at 1500 HD.  I think Chevy did that to become competitive.  LOL!

I will find out the rear axle weight rating for you.  Thanks for all of your replies! 

Another question.  What info on the trailer do I need to focus on to make sure I have enough truck to pull it.

Thanks!

Here is one of the trailers I am looking at:

The GVWR is 14,773lb & the GAWR is 6,000 per axle.  It has a slide.  I am pretty sure it is too heavy for my truck isn't it?

Yeah, Im pretty sure that one is too heavy.  You probably need to keep the trailers GVWR in the 10K-12K range......with no slide.

I looked at a few LQ trailers,  I never ended up buying.  My trailer limit is 15K with the Dmax and I ended up narrowing it down to around the 3H 8' shortwall no slide.  Depending on the actual LQ the pin weight could get out of hand real quick.  I needed to keep the pin weight just under 3K, but I also had the 15K to work with.  With 3K of pin, Im not really sure how much more trailer/horses behind the LQ it would take to hit your 10K limit.

I would suggest you get a Sherline scale and go hit the dealers.

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Edit;

I see youre in Canada.  You may need to check with your DOT(?) if reference to exceeding the trucks GVWR.  Down here we can register our trucks according to axle limits.

For example my trucks GVWR is 9200# subtract the ready to roll weight of 7100# and it has 2100# of payload.  BUT as I have it registered, it legally has a payload of ~3000#......basically the empty rear axle weight subtracted from the rear axle limit.

Thanks for the info.

You are confirming what I am thinking as well.

I do sure like the slide option, but I will be way less weight w/o one and save a ton of money too!

Thanks for the info!

Got another question!

Which of these two numbers are what I need to focus on to make sure I am not too heavy for my truck.

A trailer I am looking at: GVW is 8950lbs and the GVWR is 15210 lbs.

Thanks!