well, it sounds like we may need to rethink the rockwood trailer or beef up the rig. when we got the truck earlier this year we were looking at 28 - 30 footers with a single slide and a GVW not more than 6000#. then we saw the rockwood with 2 slides and a GVW still within the truck's tow limits. my wife fell in love with it and it's white cabinets and S/S fictures, and to be quite honest, i love it too, it seams like it's got double the space of the other trailers we were looing at. the truck is set up for towing, with the towing package, trany cooler, power towing mirors and the 4wheel steer to improve the handling when towing. we ordered the truck with the 3.73 rear end because of the improver gas milage, but now i'm thinking that we should have went with the lower 4.10 gear. oh well.
is there any (safe) way to increase the trucks tow rating? if horse power is increased, does the that necessarily raise the tow rating? there are all types of performance parts i cold add to the rig, but would 20 - 50 more HP give me any type of bennifit. i do also plan on adding a heaver spring in the back for drive comfort, i have been told that this would also increase the amount i could tow, but honestly i cant see how. what about decreasing tire and rim size, ineffect giving the rig a lower gear.