Second generation (2015-2022)

2019 Chevrolet Colorado towing capacity

Max towing, 20197,700 lb

Maker3,493 kg

The 2019 Chevrolet Colorado tows up to 7,700 lb (WT Crew cab Short box (5 ft 2 in) 2.8L Duramax turbo-diesel I-4 (LWN), 181 hp Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic 2WD, per the 2019 Chevrolet Colorado Specifications).

Seven more configurations are rated the same.

The lowest rating is 5,000 lb, for the ZR2 Crew cab Short box (5 ft 2 in) 3.6L V-6 (LGZ), 308 hp Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic 4WD.

2019 Chevrolet Colorado Specifications (pressroom product guide, specifications tab)

Configurations: 43
Payload: 1,366–1,574 lb
GCWR: 8,500–12,700 lb

01 / Ratings

Every 2019 Colorado configuration

43 configurations Chevrolet sells, each with the ratings Chevrolet publishes for it. A package that changes a rating gets its own row.

Engine

Cab

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Showing 43 of 43 rows

2019 Chevrolet Colorado

Makerin pounds

2019 Chevrolet Colorado towing capacity, GCWR, payload and tongue weight by configuration, in pounds
Configuration	Max towing^{source 1} lb	Max tongue lb	GCWR^{source 2} lb	Max payload^{source 1} lb	GVWR^{source 1} lb	Axle^{source 1} ratio	Tow check
2.5L I-4 (LCV), 200 hp
WTCrew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 3,500	Not published	8,500	1,440	5,500	4.10	Check load →
LTCrew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 3,500	Not published	8,500	1,438	5,500	4.10	Check load →
Z71Crew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 3,500	Not published	8,500	1,366	5,500	4.10	Check load →
WTExtended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · 6-speed manual	up to 3,500	Not published	8,500	1,382	5,400	4.10	Check load →
WTExtended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 3,500	Not published	8,500	1,422	5,400	4.10	Check load →
LTExtended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 3,500	Not published	8,500	1,432	5,400	4.10	Check load →
Z71Extended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 3,500	Not published	8,500	1,373	5,400	4.10	Check load →
3.6L V-6 (LGZ), 308 hp
WTCrew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,574	5,800	3.42	Check load →
WTCrew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,547	6,000	3.42	Check load →
LTCrew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,572	5,800	3.42	Check load →
LTCrew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,533	6,000	3.42	Check load →
Z71Crew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,525	5,800	3.42	Check load →
Z71Crew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,487	6,000	3.42	Check load →
ZR2Crew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	5,000^{source 2}	Not published	10,300	not in our data	not in our data	3.42	Check load →
WTCrew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,515	5,800	3.42	Check load →
WTCrew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,492	6,000	3.42	Check load →
LTCrew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,508	5,800	3.42	Check load →
LTCrew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,472	6,000	3.42	Check load →
Z71Crew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,473	5,800	3.42	Check load →
Z71Crew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,439	6,000	3.42	Check load →
WTExtended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,557	5,700	3.42	Check load →
WTExtended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,532	5,900	3.42	Check load →
LTExtended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,566	5,700	3.42	Check load →
LTExtended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,527	5,900	3.42	Check load →
Z71Extended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,532	5,700	3.42	Check load →
Z71Extended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	up to 7,000	Not published	12,000	1,494	5,900	3.42	Check load →
ZR2Extended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic	5,000^{source 2}	Not published	10,300	not in our data	not in our data	3.42	Check load →
2.8L Duramax turbo-diesel I-4 (LWN), 181 hp
WTCrew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,700	Not published	12,700	1,511	6,000	3.42	Check load →
WTCrew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,600	Not published	12,700	1,474	6,200	3.42	Check load →
LTCrew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,700	Not published	12,700	1,496	6,000	3.42	Check load →
LTCrew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,600	Not published	12,700	1,459	6,200	3.42	Check load →
Z71Crew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,700	Not published	12,700	1,457	6,000	3.42	Check load →
Z71Crew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,600	Not published	12,700	1,422	6,200	3.42	Check load →
ZR2Crew cab · Short box (5 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	5,000^{source 2}	Not published	10,700	not in our data	not in our data	3.42	Check load →
WTCrew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,700	Not published	12,700	1,450	6,000	3.42	Check load →
WTCrew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,600	Not published	12,700	1,415	6,200	3.42	Check load →
LTCrew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,700	Not published	12,700	1,429	6,000	3.42	Check load →
LTCrew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,600	Not published	12,700	1,394	6,200	3.42	Check load →
Z71Crew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,700	Not published	12,700	1,399	6,000	3.42	Check load →
Z71Crew cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,600	Not published	12,700	1,366	6,200	3.42	Check load →
WTExtended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 2WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,700	Not published	12,700	1,485	5,900	3.42	Check load →
WTExtended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	up to 7,700	Not published	12,700	1,441	6,100	3.42	Check load →
ZR2Extended Cab · Long box (6 ft 2 in) · 4WD · Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic	5,000^{source 2}	Not published	10,700	not in our data	not in our data	3.42	Check load →

“Not published”: the maker doesn’t print it. —: not in the documents we hold yet. A number by a column’s name is the source of its figures that have none of their own. Scroll the table sideways for every rating.

SourcesMakerThe small number by a figure says which document it is from.

How Chevrolet rates towing: with ball hitch.

Documents last checked Oct 9, 2026. How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

2019 Chevrolet Colorado specs: payload, dimensions, ground clearance and weight beside the towing ratings.

The 2019 Colorado belongs to this generation; every configuration, its clearance, angles and weights are on its page.

Chevrolet Colorado 2nd gen (2015–2022): full specs

02 / Why

Which one tows the most, and why

Each figure below is the gap between two of Chevrolet’s own ratings for configurations that differ in one thing only.

What moves the rating

Maker

Tows the most: 7,700 lb

WT Crew cab Short box (5 ft 2 in) 2.8L Duramax turbo-diesel I-4 (LWN), 181 hp Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic 2WD; seven more configurations are rated the same.

Best rating by engine

2.8L Duramax turbo-diesel I-4 (LWN), 181 hpup to 7,700 lb
3.6L V-6 (LGZ), 308 hpup to 7,000 lb
2.5L I-4 (LCV), 200 hpup to 3,500 lb

The line is the highest rating on this page. Each bar is that engine’s best configuration.

03 / By year

Colorado towing by model year

The highest rating each model year, from that year’s documents. Years rated the same in every configuration share one page.

04 / Next

Check it against your load

Towing calculatorPut your trailer and cargo against a 2019 Colorado’s ratings and see what’s left.Check my load GVWR, GCWR & payloadWhat each rating limits, and why the trailer number alone isn’t the answer.Read the guide Colorado specsClearance, angles, weights and the rig builder for every configuration.Open the spec plate Colorado tire sizesStock tire and wheel sizes by trim, and what bigger tires change.See tire sizes All towing capacitiesEvery truck and SUV we cover, side by side, sortable.Compare vehicles

05 / FAQ

Questions people ask

Which 2019 Colorado configuration tows the most?

The WT Crew cab Short box (5 ft 2 in) 2.8L Duramax turbo-diesel I-4 (LWN), 181 hp Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic 2WD, at 7,700 lb; seven more configurations are rated the same.

What is the max tongue weight of the 2019 Chevrolet Colorado?

Chevrolet doesn’t publish the tongue weight rating for the 2019 Colorado in the documents we hold.

What is the GCWR of the 2019 Chevrolet Colorado?

8,500–12,700 lb by configuration; the most is 12,700 lb, for the WT Crew cab Short box (5 ft 2 in) 2.8L Duramax turbo-diesel I-4 (LWN), 181 hp Hydra-Matic 6L50 6-speed automatic 2WD. GCWR is the most the loaded vehicle and its loaded trailer may weigh together.

Has the Chevrolet Colorado’s towing capacity changed by year?

Highest rating by model year: 2026, 7,700 lb; 2025, 7,700 lb; 2024, 7,700 lb; 2023, 7,700 lb; 2022, up to 7,700 lb; 2021, up to 7,700 lb; 2020, up to 7,700 lb; 2019, up to 7,700 lb; 2018, up to 7,700 lb; 2017, up to 7,700 lb; 2016, 7,700 lb; 2015, 7,000 lb.

Does the engine change the 2019 Colorado’s towing capacity?

Yes. Best rating by engine: 2.8L Duramax turbo-diesel I-4 (LWN), 181 hp, up to 7,700 lb; 3.6L V-6 (LGZ), 308 hp, up to 7,000 lb; 2.5L I-4 (LCV), 200 hp, up to 3,500 lb.

Which 2019 Colorado configuration tows the least?

The ZR2 Crew cab Short box (5 ft 2 in) 3.6L V-6 (LGZ), 308 hp Hydra-Matic 8L45 8-speed automatic 4WD, at 5,000 lb; three more configurations are rated the same.

These are Chevrolet’s published ratings, not a weighbridge. Your own vehicle’s GVWR and axle ratings are on its certification label, and only a scale tells you what your loaded rig weighs. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.