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GMC Sierra 1500 towing capacity

GMC's half-ton, the corporate twin of the Silverado 1500. A Silverado chart cell is not treated as a Sierra rating.

The nameplate began in 1999. Pages here start at 2000. Earlier charts are not transcribed yet.

Cited years

0k3.8k7.5k11.3k15k2000: 9,500 lb conventional20002001: no cited conventional rating2002: no cited conventional rating2003: 10,200 lb conventional2004: 10,000 lb conventional2005: 10,200 lb conventional20052006: 10,400 lb conventional2007: no cited conventional rating2008: 10,500 lb conventional2009: 7,000 lb conventional−3.5k2010: 10,700 lb conventional+3.7k20102011: 10,700 lb conventional2012: 10,700 lb conventional2013: 10,700 lb conventional2014: 11,500 lb conventional2015: 12,000 lb conventional20152016: 12,000 lb conventional2017: 12,500 lb conventional2018: 12,500 lb conventional2019: 12,200 lb conventional2020: 12,100 lb conventional20202021: 11,800 lb conventional2022: 13,200 lb conventional+1.4k2023: 13,200 lb conventional2024: 13,300 lb conventional2025: no cited conventional rating20252026: 13,300 lb conventional2026
Highest cited conventional rating per model year, in thousands of pounds. Labels mark the largest changes from the year before, counted only where both years are cited. A dashed tick is a year with no cited rating; it is not zero and is not estimated.
YearHitchCited maximumVersus prior cited yearSource
2000Conventional9,500 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGMC
2000Fifth-wheel9,500 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGMC
2003Conventional10,200 lb+700 lb vs 2000General Motors
2003Fifth-wheel10,200 lb+700 lb vs 2000General Motors
2004Conventional10,000 lb-200 lb vs 2003GMC
2005Conventional10,200 lb+200 lb vs 2004General Motors
2005Fifth-wheel10,200 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGeneral Motors
2006Conventional10,400 lb+200 lb vs 2005General Motors
2006Fifth-wheel10,300 lb+100 lb vs 2005General Motors
2008Conventional10,500 lb+100 lb vs 2006GMC
2008Fifth-wheel10,400 lb+100 lb vs 2006GMC
2009Conventional7,000 lb-3,500 lb vs 2008GMC
2010Conventional10,700 lb+3,700 lb vs 2009GMC
2010Fifth-wheel10,200 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGMC
2011Conventional10,700 lbUnchanged from 2010GMC
2012Conventional10,700 lbUnchanged from 2011GMC
2012Fifth-wheel10,600 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGMC
2013Conventional10,700 lbUnchanged from 2012GMC
2013Fifth-wheel10,600 lbUnchanged from 2012GMC
2014Conventional11,500 lb+800 lb vs 2013GMC
2015Conventional12,000 lb+500 lb vs 2014GMC
2016Conventional12,000 lbUnchanged from 2015GMC
2017Conventional12,500 lb+500 lb vs 2016GMC
2017Fifth-wheel11,700 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGMC
2018Conventional12,500 lbUnchanged from 2017GMC
2018Fifth-wheel11,600 lb-100 lb vs 2017GMC
2019Conventional12,200 lb-300 lb vs 2018GMC
2020Conventional12,100 lb-100 lb vs 2019GMC
2020Fifth-wheel10,400 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGMC
2020Gooseneck10,400 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGMC
2021Conventional11,800 lb-300 lb vs 2020GMC
2021Fifth-wheel10,200 lb-200 lb vs 2020GMC
2021Gooseneck10,200 lb-200 lb vs 2020GMC
2022Conventional13,200 lb+1,400 lb vs 2021GMC
2022Fifth-wheel9,700 lb-500 lb vs 2021GMC
2022Gooseneck9,700 lb-500 lb vs 2021GMC
2023Conventional13,200 lbUnchanged from 2022GMC
2023Fifth-wheel9,700 lbUnchanged from 2022GMC
2023Gooseneck9,700 lbUnchanged from 2022GMC
2024Conventional13,300 lb+100 lb vs 2023GMC
2024Fifth-wheel10,000 lb+300 lb vs 2023GMC
2024Gooseneck10,000 lb+300 lb vs 2023GMC
2026Conventional13,300 lbUnchanged from 2024GMC

Every model year

A filled mark means that year has a cited rating. An empty mark is still a real page: generation, what changed, and an explicit gap instead of a guessed number.

  1. 202613,300 lb cited
  2. 2025T1XX
  3. 202413,300 lb cited
  4. 202313,200 lb cited
  5. 202213,200 lb cited
  6. 202111,800 lb cited
  7. 202012,100 lb cited
  8. 201912,200 lb cited
  9. 201812,500 lb cited
  10. 201712,500 lb cited
  11. 201612,000 lb cited
  12. 201512,000 lb cited
  13. 201411,500 lb cited
  14. 201310,700 lb cited
  15. 201210,700 lb cited
  16. 201110,700 lb cited
  17. 201010,700 lb cited
  18. 20097,000 lb cited
  19. 200810,500 lb cited
  20. 2007GMT900
  21. 200610,400 lb cited
  22. 200510,200 lb cited
  23. 200410,000 lb cited
  24. 200310,200 lb cited
  25. 2002GMT800
  26. 2001GMT800
  27. 20009,500 lb cited

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