Selecting A Truck For Fishing Boat...

[Haris122]

2 hours ago, tjm said:

Big question is how do you know in advance how much the load will weigh? You  may be over thinking this.

 

2 hours ago, Gavin said:

You really don't need to worry about it unless your using it as a work truck to haul materials or you are towing a heavy trailer..

As far as how much the load will weigh, I'm just picturing a scenario where I load, let's say a certain number of bags of concrete with a known weight per bag.I know it probably wouldn't happen often, if at all, that I get that close to the upper limits of what this truck should have in the bed, but it's best to know exactly what the upper limits are, so I can use it to full effect if need be, but not push it beyond what it should handle. I also recently borrowed my dad's older canyon truck a few months back, and got something like either a cubic yard, or half a cubic yard of gardening soil in it, and at that point it occurred to me, maybe it was more than it was supposed to have in it, because the bed did drop down some. Still drove fine back and everything but in hindsight I should've thought a bit more about how much I should actually put in there before I actually did it.

 

2 hours ago, tjm said:

Light duty  pickups have evolved into cars that are only good for occasional loading and towing. 

I think I'm going to have to disagree with this point. These days the light pickups (Colorados/Canyons/Tacomas etc.) seem plenty more capable than say my dad's late 90's Sonoma, and he put that thing through it's paces. As far as capabilities, I would say they're closer to like a late 90's/early 2000's 1500/F150 trucks than the Rangers/Tacomas/S10's of the late 90's/2000's. But yeah, like you said I highly doubt I would use it much in a manner that would really push it's upper limits, but it's just really good to have a good idea of what those limits are, just in case. 

[Haris122]

I guess, just another thing to throw out here, so this truck is supposedly capable of towing 7000 lbs. If the tongue is supposed to handle 10-15% of what's being towed, wouldn't it stand to reason the bed area could handle about 1000 lbs, since 15% of 7000 lbs is 1050 lbs?

[snagged in outlet 3]

I think this had all you need.

http://media.gmc.com/media/us/en/gmc/vehicles/canyon/2016.tab1.html

[Terrierman]

Brakes have as much to do with tow/haul capability as engine and driveline.

[ness]

So, I gather there’s more than one right answer to this question? 😁

 

[Ketchup]

10 bags of 80# concrete placed near the tailgate will feel and handle way differently than that same weight placed against the cab.  Thats an obvious statement, but your comments are making me feel i should point that out. 👍

[Haris122]

59 minutes ago, Ketchup said:

10 bags of 80# concrete placed near the tailgate will feel and handle way differently than that same weight placed against the cab.  Thats an obvious statement, but your comments are making me feel i should point that out. 👍

You lost me here. At what point did I say that I'd be putting the weight just at one end of the bed or the other? What I was trying to figure out was just how much I can put in the bed. At the end of the day, regardless of how well it gets distributed, I think it's a safe bet to assume most of said weight in truck bed, will be more distributed to rear axle than front.

6 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I think this had all you need.

http://media.gmc.com/media/us/en/gmc/vehicles/canyon/2016.tab1.html

You mean the weight distribution section, right? I have to ask for your interpretation on it. Is that saying that, that is how the payload should be distributed across front and rear axles, or is it saying that's how the curb weight is distributed across the axles?

[snagged in outlet 3]

Not sure, buddy.  Maybe call a dealer??

[Flysmallie]

Where is Cricket when you really need him. That guy may have switched to real estate but he would still know. 

[Haris122]

5 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Not sure, buddy.  Maybe call a dealer??

Yeah, I'll check into that next time I take the truck in for service. For now I'm going to assume that's the curb weight distribution and call it good. Wouldn't make sense if they'd want the majority of the payload distributed more on the front axle, when it seems there's already more weight on it from the motor and such, especially with the rear axle being rated as the stronger of the two on top of that.