Model year 2021 · T1 (2019–present)

2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 specs

The 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 tows 7,200–13,300 lb, carries 1,780–2,280 lb of payload, has 7.8–8.1 in of ground clearance, weighs 4,520–5,150 lb at the curb and measures 229.5–241.2 in long, by configuration, per Chevrolet’s own documents.

We hold 48 configurations of the 2021 Silverado 1500 (and 4 for fleets only), and Chevrolet gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations: 48
Fleet only: 4
Documents: 2

2019 Chevrolet Silverado LT Trail Boss at the New York auto show — Photo: Kevauto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized.

01 / Configurations

Every 2021 Silverado 1500 configuration

48 retail configurations sold in 2021, and 4 for fleets only, each with the figures Chevrolet publishes for it. A number a factory package raises shows under the configuration’s own. Chevrolet gives figures for weights, dimensions and towing.

202152 configurations

2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 T1: every configuration with its numbers
Configuration	Max towing	Max payload	Curb weight
Regular Cab Long Bed 2WD 2.7L Turbo	9,600 lb	2,280 lb	4,520 lb
Regular Cab Long Bed 4x4 2.7L Turbo	9,400 lb	2,160 lb	4,730 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 2WD 2.7L Turbo	9,300 lb	2,060 lb	4,720 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 2.7L Turbo	9,100 lb	2,050 lb	4,940 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 2WD 2.7L Turbo	9,300 lb	2,060 lb	4,720 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 2.7L Turbo	9,100 lb	2,060 lb	4,940 lb³
Crew Cab Standard Bed 2WD 2.7L Turbo	9,200 lb	1,990 lb	4,800 lb
Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 2.7L Turbo	9,000 lb	2,010 lb	4,990 lb
Regular Cab Long Bed 2WD 4.3L V6	7,900 lb	2,280 lb	4,520 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 2WD 4.3L V6	7,600 lb	2,060 lb	4,720 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 4.3L V6	7,400 lb	2,050 lb	4,940 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 2WD 4.3L V6	7,600 lb	2,060 lb	4,720 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 4.3L V6	7,400 lb	2,060 lb	4,940 lb³
Crew Cab Standard Bed 2WD 4.3L V6	7,600 lb	1,990 lb	4,800 lb
Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 4.3L V6	7,400 lb	2,010 lb	4,990 lb
Regular Cab Long Bed 2WD 5.3L V8 AFM	10,000 lb	2,280 lb	4,520 lb
Regular Cab Long Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 AFM	9,700 lb	2,160 lb	4,730 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 2WD 5.3L V8 AFM	9,700 lb	2,060 lb2,190 lb¹	4,720 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 AFM	9,500 lb	2,050 lb2,180 lb¹	4,940 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 2WD 5.3L V8 AFM	9,700 lb	2,060 lb2,180 lb¹	4,720 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 AFM	9,500 lb10,900 lb¹	2,060 lb2,170 lb¹	4,940 lb³
Crew Cab Standard Bed 2WD 5.3L V8 AFM	9,600 lb	1,990 lb2,110 lb¹	4,800 lb
Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 AFM	9,500 lb	2,010 lb2,120 lb¹	4,990 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 2WD 5.3L V8 DFM	9,800 lb11,500 lb¹	2,060 lb2,190 lb¹	4,720 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 DFM	10,000 lb11,100 lb¹	2,050 lb2,180 lb¹	4,940 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 2WD 5.3L V8 DFM	9,700 lb11,500 lb¹	2,060 lb2,180 lb¹	4,720 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 DFM	9,400 lb11,100 lb¹	2,060 lb2,170 lb¹	4,940 lb³
Crew Cab Standard Bed 2WD 5.3L V8 DFM	9,700 lb11,400 lb¹	1,990 lb2,110 lb¹	4,800 lb
Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 DFM	9,300 lb11,300 lb¹	2,010 lb2,120 lb¹	4,990 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 6.2L V8	9,300 lb	2,050 lb2,180 lb¹	4,940 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 6.2L V8	9,200 lb11,900 lb¹	2,060 lb2,170 lb¹	4,940 lb³
Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 6.2L V8	9,100 lb11,900 lb¹	2,010 lb2,120 lb¹	4,990 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 2WD Duramax 3.0L I-6	9,500 lb	2,060 lb2,190 lb¹	4,720 lb
Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 Duramax 3.0L I-6	9,100 lb	2,050 lb2,180 lb¹	4,940 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 2WD Duramax 3.0L I-6	9,500 lb	2,060 lb2,180 lb¹	4,720 lb
Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 Duramax 3.0L I-6	9,000 lb	2,060 lb2,170 lb¹	4,940 lb³
Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 Duramax 3.0L I-6	9,000 lb	2,010 lb2,120 lb¹	4,990 lb
RST Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 6.2L V8	9,300 lb13,300 lb²	2,050 lb2,180 lb¹	4,940 lb
Trail Boss Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 4.3L V6	7,300 lb	1,780 lb	5,100 lb
Trail Boss Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 4.3L V6	7,300 lb	—	5,070 lb
Trail Boss Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 4.3L V6	7,200 lb	1,820 lb	5,150 lb
Trail Boss Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 AFM	9,400 lb	1,780 lb	5,100 lb
Trail Boss Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 AFM	9,400 lb	1,820 lb	5,150 lb
Trail Boss Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 DFM	9,300 lb	1,780 lb	5,100 lb
Trail Boss Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 DFM	9,300 lb	—	5,070 lb
Trail Boss Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 DFM	9,300 lb	1,820 lb	5,150 lb
Trail Boss Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 6.2L V8	9,300 lb	1,780 lb	5,100 lb
Trail Boss Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 6.2L V8	9,200 lb	1,820 lb	5,150 lb

Fleet only

2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 T1: fleet-only configurations
Configuration	Ground clearance	Max towing	Max payload	Curb weight	Tires
WT Special Service Vehicle Crew Cab Short Bed 2WD 5.3L V8	7.9 in	9,700 lb	2,030 lb	4,702 lb	255/70R17
WT Special Service Vehicle Crew Cab Standard Bed 2WD 5.3L V8	7.8 in	9,600 lb	1,960 lb	4,772 lb	255/70R17
WT Special Service Vehicle Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 5.3L V8	8.1 in	9,500 lb	2,020 lb	4,915 lb	255/70R17
WT Special Service Vehicle Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 5.3L V8	8.0 in	9,400 lb	1,970 lb	4,965 lb	255/70R17

MakerSources: 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Specifications (pressroom vehicle page, Specifications tab) · 2021 Silverado Special Service 5W4 (specification guide)

¹ With the Max Trailering Package: the maker’s figure for the configuration with that factory option.
² With the Max Trailering Package and 20-inch wheels: the maker’s figure for the configuration with those factory options together.
³ Chevrolet’s documents disagree: 4,940 lb (press kit) vs 5,140 lb (same press kit).

A dash means the maker’s documents we have don’t give that number for that configuration, and a column with no number for any configuration of the year isn’t shown. “Door label” means the maker prints it only on each vehicle’s certification label, and “not published” that the maker doesn’t print it, or points elsewhere. “Up to” is a ceiling the maker prints over several configurations; a range is the maker’s own, printed across the grades of that configuration. “Fleet only” configurations are sold only to fleets, such as police: they are listed, but no headline number, comparison or ranking uses them.

02 / What changed

New for 2021

The 2021 Silverado 1500 against the 2020, the previous model year we hold. Only what Chevrolet’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

Added: 5 configurations (Regular Cab Long Bed 2WD 2.7L Turbo, Regular Cab Long Bed 4x4 2.7L Turbo, Trail Boss Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 5.3L V8 DFM, Trail Boss Double Cab Standard Bed 4x4 6.2L V8 and Trail Boss Crew Cab Standard Bed 4x4 6.2L V8).
Dropped: 4 configurations (Regular Cab Standard Bed 2WD, Regular Cab Standard Bed 4x4, Regular Cab Long Bed 4x4 4.3L V6 and Crew Cab Standard Bed 2WD Duramax 3.0L I-6).
Towing: 7,200–13,300 lb (2020: 6,600–13,400 lb).
Payload: 1,780–2,280 lb (2020: 1,720–2,250 lb).
Length: 229.5–241.2 in (2020: 210.7–241.2 in).
Same range as the 2020: ground clearance and curb weight.
Towing rating differs on 28 of 43 configurations sold in both years: −300 to +2,500 lb.
Payload differs on 20 of 41 configurations sold in both years: +10 to +100 lb.
Curb weight differs on 8 of 43 configurations sold in both years: −30 to +1 lb.
Length differs on 12 of 36 configurations sold in both years: −0.1 in.

03 / Tires

2021 Silverado 1500 stock tire sizes

The tire sizes Chevrolet fits at the factory in 2021, the standard ones first.

2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 stock tire sizes, with the configurations they are fitted to
Tire size	Wheel	Diameternominal
255/70R17Standard: WT Special Service Vehicle	17 in	31.1 in

Silverado 1500 tire sizes, with wheel specs and what bigger tires change

04 / Sources

The 2021 documents

2 documents behind the 2021 Silverado 1500’s figures. The maker’s own come first; a third-party page fills in only a number the maker doesn’t publish, and wears its own mark.

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.

These are Chevrolet’s published figures for the models it describes, not a weighbridge or a tape measure; your own vehicle’s options change them. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.