Chevy 1500 v6 + 2023 Imagine 2670MK

[tcfulmer]

Sorry about that. Take a look here on pages 22 and 23. Don't know the configuration of your truck but at least this should give a little info on towing capacity. If your 2670MK is like ours, the gross weight is 8500 lbs. You may want to consider back roads even if it takes longer to avoid freeway speeds.

https://webcontent.goodsam.com/trailerlife.com/digital_editions/TrailerLifeTowGuide2017.pdf

 

[RV2600RB]

Ok... I have a 2017 chevy 1500, v6 ecoboost with the tow package and 4x4. The TT is the 32ft imagine 2670MK. Never owned a trailer before.

1. I'm in Florida so it's flat ground
2. Do you think I can make it work for one 2hr trip in this truck to move RV locations? (I'm moving sooner than expected so I'm not as prepared as I planned to be)
3. What kind of reasonably priced weight distribution hitch and sway bar do I need or are recommended?

Equal-i-zer hitch and you should be okay for that short of a drive on relatively flat ground.
Rich

 

[George Daniels]

I purchased a 2020 Imagine2500rl in January a year ago. We were pulling it with a 2020 Chevy Silverado1500 which did ok on flat ground....trips up to 5 hrs. one way. But my mechanic/friend told me that I had too little truck for a trlr with a gross wt. of over 700lbs. It hadn't caused a problem YET, but I just traded up to a 2024 Ram 2500 with the 6.4 gas engine. I'm pretty sure that should take us anywhere we want to go. as a post note..your silverado 1500 may pull the trlr, but in an emergency can you stop it safely?

 

[Fonzi215]

I towed an Imagine 2950RL last year with an F-150 Ecoboost from lower Alabama to Western NY ( about 1200 miles each way). I used a Husky CenterLine hitch with 1200 lb spring bars. We made it there and back, but soon after bought a 2023 Ram 2500 with a 6.4L Hemi engine and higher cargo rating. The F-150 had the specs to tow it, but I really had to work to get the cargo/axle/tongue weights within limits. Bottom line is it can be done for a short distance if you get your weights within specs, but it will still strain your truck.

 

[NB Canada]

I towed an Imagine 2950RL last year with an F-150 Ecoboost from lower Alabama to Western NY ( about 1200 miles each way). I used a Husky CenterLine hitch with 1200 lb spring bars. We made it there and back, but soon after bought a 2023 Ram 2500 with a 6.4L Hemi engine and higher cargo rating. The F-150 had the specs to tow it, but I really had to work to get the cargo/axle/tongue weights within limits. Bottom line is it can be done for a short distance if you get your weights within specs, but it will still strain your truck.

You should never “get your weights within specs”
This can be a recipe for disaster

I don’t know if you ever scaled your setup but I am quite sure the only way you made a very very large trailer like the 2950rl stay under the payload and axle ratings of your f150 was to intentionally lighten the tongue which I would advise to never do

I would guess a 2950 is north of 1200 lbs of tw

 

[tcfulmer]

Also remember that a smaller truck won't have the stopping power for a heavy trailer, even when the trailer has it's own breaks. When I had the 2009 silverado with a 7500 lb trailer, it was well within the 9500 lbs conventional towing spec on the truck. I had the trailer push me through a couple stop lights, luckily without incident.

 

[NB Canada]

Also remember that a smaller truck won't have the stopping power for a heavy trailer, even when the trailer has it's own breaks. When I had the 2009 silverado with a 7500 lb trailer, it was well within the 9500 lbs conventional towing spec on the truck. I had the trailer push me through a couple stop lights, luckily without incident.

I don’t agree with this

There had to be an issue with your braking system period

My Sierra has panic stopped my trailer going down a steep grade in Fundy National park and brought it to a stop without issue

A 3500 will struggle with a 16000 lb trailer as well if the brakes are not kept up

 

[tcfulmer]

It depends on the hill, the distance to the light and the speed traveling when the light turned yellow.