Start with the trailer
Enter what your trailer weighs loaded (its GVWR is the safe number to use). We search every manufacturer chart row on file and list the smallest trucks that clear it, the exact setup to look for, and the payload your truck’s door sticker has to show. Payload is the limit most people hit first.
Quick starts: Small camper (3,500 lb) · Boat on trailer (5,000 lb) · 26-ft travel trailer (7,500 lb) · Car hauler, loaded (10,000 lb) · Mid fifth-wheel (13,000 lb) · Large fifth-wheel (18,000 lb)
Conventional rating needed
30,000 lb
At or above your loaded trailer weight.
Door-sticker payload needed
4,435 lb
3,900 lb tongue weight (13% of the trailer, assumed) plus 535 lb of people, cargo and hitch gear. Check the yellow Tire and Loading label on the actual truck.
Searched
10,620
conventional chart rows from 2015–2026. Trucks without transcribed chart rows for those years are not listed.
“Look for” is the lowest-rated setup that still clears your trailer in the newest qualifying year. It is usually the most affordable way in. Every rating needs the equipment named in its chart row.
1-ton · qualifies in 4 model years, 2023–2026
Look for (2026): 6.7L Power Stroke Turbo Diesel V8 · Crew Cab · 8' Box · 2WD · 176 in WB · 4.30 axle — rated 30,000 lb, GCWR 43,500 lb.
With this trailer, that GCWR leaves 13,500 lb for the loaded truck (curb weight, people, cargo and hitch).
4 of 9 2026 chart rows clear it (44%). Best: 30,000 lb.
Brochure dry weights leave out water, propane, batteries and gear. The trailer’s GVWR is the most it can legally weigh, so it is the safe planning number.
A 7,500 lb travel trailer at 10–15% tongue weight puts 750–1,125 lb on the hitch. Add two adults and gear and many half-tons are at their door-sticker payload well before their tow rating.
Chart ratings assume the listed engine, axle ratio, cab, bed and tow package. A truck without them is rated lower. Check the actual truck’s window sticker or build sheet.