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GMC Sierra 3500HD towing capacity

GMC's 1-ton, including dual-rear-wheel models.

Cited years

0k5k10k15k20k2001: no cited conventional rating20012002: no cited conventional rating2003: 12,000 lb conventional2004: no cited conventional rating2005: 12,000 lb conventional2006: 12,000 lb conventional20062007: no cited conventional rating2008: 13,000 lb conventional2009: no cited conventional rating2010: 13,000 lb conventional2011: no cited conventional rating20112012: 18,000 lb conventional2013: 18,000 lb conventional2014: 18,000 lb conventional2015: 19,600 lb conventional+1.6k2016: 20,000 lb conventional+0.4k20162017: 20,000 lb conventional2018: 20,000 lb conventional2019: 20,000 lb conventional2020: 20,000 lb conventional2021: 20,000 lb conventional20212022: 20,000 lb conventional2023: 20,000 lb conventional2024: 20,000 lb conventional2025: no cited conventional rating2026: 20,000 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
2003Conventional12,000 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGeneral Motors
2003Fifth-wheel15,500 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGeneral Motors
2005Conventional12,000 lbUnchanged from 2003General Motors
2005Fifth-wheel16,700 lb+1,200 lb vs 2003General Motors
2006Conventional12,000 lbUnchanged from 2005General Motors
2006Fifth-wheel16,700 lbUnchanged from 2005General Motors
2008Conventional13,000 lb+1,000 lb vs 2006GMC
2008Fifth-wheel16,500 lb-200 lb vs 2006GMC
2010Conventional13,000 lbUnchanged from 2008GMC
2010Fifth-wheel16,500 lbUnchanged from 2008GMC
2012Conventional18,000 lb+5,000 lb vs 2010GMC
2012Fifth-wheel23,000 lb+6,500 lb vs 2010GMC
2013Conventional18,000 lbUnchanged from 2012GMC
2013Fifth-wheel23,100 lb+100 lb vs 2012GMC
2014Conventional18,000 lbUnchanged from 2013GMC
2014Fifth-wheel23,100 lbUnchanged from 2013GMC
2015Conventional19,600 lb+1,600 lb vs 2014GMC
2015Fifth-wheel23,200 lb+100 lb vs 2014GMC
2016Conventional20,000 lb+400 lb vs 2015GMC
2016Fifth-wheel23,200 lbUnchanged from 2015GMC
2017Conventional20,000 lbUnchanged from 2016GMC
2017Fifth-wheel23,300 lb+100 lb vs 2016GMC
2018Conventional20,000 lbUnchanged from 2017GMC
2018Fifth-wheel23,300 lbUnchanged from 2017GMC
2019Conventional20,000 lbUnchanged from 2018GMC
2019Fifth-wheel23,100 lb-200 lb vs 2018GMC
2020Conventional20,000 lbUnchanged from 2019GMC
2020Fifth-wheel32,000 lb+8,900 lb vs 2019GMC
2020Gooseneck35,500 lbFirst cited year for this hitchGMC
2021Conventional20,000 lbUnchanged from 2020GMC
2021Fifth-wheel32,000 lbUnchanged from 2020GMC
2021Gooseneck31,760 lb-3,740 lb vs 2020GMC
2022Conventional20,000 lbUnchanged from 2021GMC
2022Fifth-wheel32,000 lbUnchanged from 2021GMC
2022Gooseneck31,760 lbUnchanged from 2021GMC
2023Conventional20,000 lbUnchanged from 2022GMC
2023Fifth-wheel32,000 lbUnchanged from 2022GMC
2023Gooseneck31,760 lbUnchanged from 2022GMC
2024Conventional20,000 lbUnchanged from 2023GMC
2024Fifth-wheel32,000 lbUnchanged from 2023GMC
2024Gooseneck36,000 lb+4,240 lb vs 2023GMC
2026Conventional20,000 lbUnchanged from 2024GMC
2026Fifth-wheel32,000 lbUnchanged from 2024GMC
2026Gooseneck36,000 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. 202636,000 lb cited
  2. 2025T1XX HD
  3. 202436,000 lb cited
  4. 202332,000 lb cited
  5. 202232,000 lb cited
  6. 202132,000 lb cited
  7. 202035,500 lb cited
  8. 201923,100 lb cited
  9. 201823,300 lb cited
  10. 201723,300 lb cited
  11. 201623,200 lb cited
  12. 201523,200 lb cited
  13. 201423,100 lb cited
  14. 201323,100 lb cited
  15. 201223,000 lb cited
  16. 2011GMT900 HD
  17. 201016,500 lb cited
  18. 2009GMT900 HD
  19. 200816,500 lb cited
  20. 2007GMT800 HD
  21. 200616,700 lb cited
  22. 200516,700 lb cited
  23. 2004GMT800 HD
  24. 200315,500 lb cited
  25. 2002GMT800 HD
  26. 2001GMT800 HD

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