This is the only tag I could find on my rear end. I've been reading about towing on here and all the great advice. I don't think I have the actual tow package, I just have the tow/haul button, not the brake assistance controls. I've tried decoding my VIN online, but still can't determine any additional information. So according to online research if I have 3.21 gears, I should be able to tow about 8000lbs, 10,000lbs if I have 3.92 gears. My question from the pic is if anyone can confirm that the 32180p....# means I have 3.21 gears. We plan on buying an rv in the future and I want to make sure I don't get one too big. Plus salesmen will sometimes sell you anything regardless if you should actually be towing it or not. Thanks in advance for any light someone may can shed.
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Do you have the 2 stickers on your door jamb? Those will have that data you need. You should sée one that has payload capacity, but what is more important is what your truck actually weighs on a trip (without the trailer attached) to help find how heavy of a trailer you can actually tow.
Load the truck (gas, people, gear, hitch, etc., just as if you were heading in a trip) and go to a CAT scale for a weight ticket. That will tell everything you really need to know.
For example, if your truck has a max GVWR of 8,000 pounds and your fully loaded truck is 6,800 then your maximum payload capacity for tongue weight is 1,200 pounds. Then, assuming the tongue weight of your trailer is exactly 1,200 pounds (your available remaining payload capacity) and assuming this is the 15% average of tongue weight to the total trailer weight, the math of the maximum trailer you could tow would be 1,200 / .15 = 8,000 pound trailer. Even if you find your truck is "rated" for 10,000 pounds, payload capacity of 1500s almost always ensure you will never tow that maximum.