2020 Chevy payload

[dennych1]

I can’t find out what payload is for 2020 Silverado crew cab diesel DRW LTZ because they aren’t out yet . Does anybody know the payload for 2019 same as mentioned above.

[s1214]

Be very careful with the payload. As others have said, it varies greatly by truck. I just bought a 2019 Chevy 2500HD. All the trucks I looked at were bare bones Work trucks. The stickers went from over 3000 lbs. to 2000 lbs. At the low end, the salesman brought out a mechanic who looked it over and found that the rear springs were only 4 leaves. Most 2500HD have 5 leaves.

[dennych1]

I will try nada. I am looking at a lt or ltz

[JTrac]

You can build one on nadaguides.com. It shows the GVWR to be 14K. Maybe apples to oranges but my fairly loaded King Ranch has almost 5300 pound paylaod. I would imagine a Denali dually would be in that ballpark. I saw a picture of the paylaod of a Denali single rear wheel short bed and it was a little over 3700 pounds. It has a 12,100 GVRW. The long bed has 12,250.

[gmckenzie]

dennych1 wrote:
Was trying to figure out if payload for gm drw has gone up since my 2015. The new 2020 aren’t out yet. So I figured someone out there might have a gm drw crew cab diesel that could tell me there payload

Payload has gone up, but the DRW hasn't started shipping yet so all you'll see is brochure numbers. No real numbers for the DRW yet.

[dennych1]

Was trying to figure out if payload for gm drw has gone up since my 2015. The new 2020 aren’t out yet. So I figured someone out there might have a gm drw crew cab diesel that could tell me there payload

[Cummins12V98]

2nd gen RAM's had D70 with auto SRW or DRW. If they had a stick it was a D80 SRW of DRW.

[twodownzero]

Huntindog wrote:


There have been other exceptions from time to time as well. I know that Dodge at one time had a Dana 80 behind the Cummins, vs a 60 or 70 (IDRC for sure) for the gas motors.

Those Dodges had a 70 for many SRW trucks but the manual trans trucks had the 80, even in SRW. GM also used the 70 in its older DRW trucks before it had a dually 14 bolt. In any event, it's dangerous to think that the SRW vs. DRW is only springs/tires, because that's often not true. Trucks are engineered for what is on the sticker in the door, as many have said above.

[Cummins12V98]

I put 5,750# pin plus 200#+ B&W Hitch plus in-bed toolbox at least 400# on my 15 RAM DRW putting the rear axle at it's RAWR of 9,750#. Thats around 6,300# or so "payload" not including us.

Bottom line with the newest GM's you can tow what you want.

[Huntindog]

twodownzero wrote:

Huntindog wrote:
The 2020s duallys GVWR increased from 13000 to 14000. The truck itself is likely a little heavier, so you won't see the full 1000 as an increase in payload. probably 500-700#.

Historically the SRW was pretty much limited by the tires and springs, as the actual axle was the same. For 2020 though, the dually gets a bigger rear axle than the SRW.

So I suppose the actual axle rating will likely be higher. IOW, for those not stuck on the payload number, it can likely haul more. The 14K GVWR is probably conservative in this case.

So you take all of that, and look at some actual trucks payloads, and guesstimate from there. That will be your best ballpark figure.

You mentioned the 2019s.... If you are wondering if the payload will be higher in the 20s vs the 19s... That answer would be yes. And the 20s on paper should be even stronger than their ratings will show, because of the bigger rearend.

GM was not using the same rear axle previously. The axle tubes on the DRW trucks were twice as thick in DRW models. The gears and shafts might have been similar, but that doesn't tell the whole story. The difference between 1/4" wall and 1/2" axle tubes is not trivial.

OP: you will probably have about 6k pounds of payload. It may be a little more or less depending on options.

I had not heard that anywhere before about the tube wall thickness.
The duallys DO have a 12" ring gear vs., an 11.5" for the srw.

There have been other exceptions from time to time as well. I know that Dodge at one time had a Dana 80 behind the Cummins, vs a 60 or 70 (IDRC for sure) for the gas motors.

[Grit_dog]

What are you trying to accomplish?
All new duallies are of very similar, almost identical capability across the board.
Payload is actually about the least of the real world differences. New dually = good for about 6k payload giver take, any flavor.

[twodownzero]

Huntindog wrote:
The 2020s duallys GVWR increased from 13000 to 14000. The truck itself is likely a little heavier, so you won't see the full 1000 as an increase in payload. probably 500-700#.

Historically the SRW was pretty much limited by the tires and springs, as the actual axle was the same. For 2020 though, the dually gets a bigger rear axle than the SRW.

So I suppose the actual axle rating will likely be higher. IOW, for those not stuck on the payload number, it can likely haul more. The 14K GVWR is probably conservative in this case.

So you take all of that, and look at some actual trucks payloads, and guesstimate from there. That will be your best ballpark figure.

You mentioned the 2019s.... If you are wondering if the payload will be higher in the 20s vs the 19s... That answer would be yes. And the 20s on paper should be even stronger than their ratings will show, because of the bigger rearend.

GM was not using the same rear axle previously. The axle tubes on the DRW trucks were twice as thick in DRW models. The gears and shafts might have been similar, but that doesn't tell the whole story. The difference between 1/4" wall and 1/2" axle tubes is not trivial.

OP: you will probably have about 6k pounds of payload. It may be a little more or less depending on options.

[Huntindog]

The 2020s duallys GVWR increased from 13000 to 14000. The truck itself is likely a little heavier, so you won't see the full 1000 as an increase in payload. probably 500-700#.

Historically the SRW was pretty much limited by the tires and springs, as the actual axle was the same. For 2020 though, the dually gets a bigger rear axle than the SRW.

So I suppose the actual axle rating will likely be higher. IOW, for those not stuck on the payload number, it can likely haul more. The 14K GVWR is probably conservative in this case.

So you take all of that, and look at some actual trucks payloads, and guesstimate from there. That will be your best ballpark figure.

You mentioned the 2019s.... If you are wondering if the payload will be higher in the 20s vs the 19s... That answer would be yes. And the 20s on paper should be even stronger than their ratings will show, because of the bigger rearend.

[Campfire_Time]

What bikendan said. The trouble is that payload can vary so much that even manufactures to not included them in any specifications other than the door sticker. In other words they won't ball park the number because it's not real.

[dennych1]

I realize that I wanted to get a ball park.