Would a fairly stock K5 pull this.......

[rjfguitar]

No.


FYI: One ton crew cab is the tow king in light duty trucks.

I have a 24' enclosed like yours and my 91 V2500 burb tows it 'ok' but really sucks. It lacks power (stock tbi 350) and it doesnt handle the weight well.

My 05 k3500 crew silverado doesnt even know the 24 footer is there.

A guy with a 3/4ton anything would do just fine moving that trailer across country. That size is exactly what a 3/4ton is designed for. Your newer '05 is a totally different vehicle, including the fact it's a larger capacity vehicle in the first place.

A guy would do just fine with any 3/4ton and that trailer, regardless if it's an older burb or a newer Ford Excursion with a 7.3 or 6.0L PSD. Thats simply just a difference in technology and over all condition of the vehicle, but the weight capacity is there regardless.

I agree, I'd rather pull hills at 50+ miles an hour in one of my Dodge diesels than my old K30 struggling to do half that, but in it's day, that 205HP 454 was the pulling "monster" then.

 

[Renntag]

I agree that a 2500 would be fine and that my 05 silverado is a different vehicle.

My point is that the 3500 does the job in its sleep. In contrast my 77K mile 2500 burb was tail dragging and porpousing. It was a little better with a weight distribution hitch.

A family member had a 77 c2500 that would have towed this with no issue but it was also capable of carrying more weight with the same 2500 classing. I believe the burb is not intended for the same weight as the C2500 pick up.

The point here is that the trailer pictured will really out class the K5.

 

[rjfguitar]

The point here is that the trailer pictured will really out class the K5.

100% in agreement.

 

[Aquafbody]

The point here is that the trailer pictured will really out class the K5.

100% in agreement.

Well... I may disagree with you two. Someone posted before that burbans and blazers were the hauling masters back in the day, hell just yesterday I pulled a 2' maple stump out of the ground with my K5 no sweat. So power wise yeah a blazer or burban could move that thing but I definitely wouldn't drive cross country with a trailer that size unless I had a trailer break. Honestly I wouldn't drive cross country with that thing behind a Ford super gerp derp 50 with out a trailer break. Just say'n simi trucks are purpose built, have trailer breaks and they still get blown off the road by a Kansas crosswind and have break failures going through the Rockies.