Second generation (GMT900)

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 towing capacity

Max towing, 200910,700 lb

Maker4,853 kg

Chevrolet rates the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 to tow up to 10,700 lb (maximum trailer weight rating printed for the Silverado 1500 line ('Maximum capacities' column); no configuration named), per Chevrolet’s 2009 Chevy Silverado 1500 Select Specifications.

2009 Chevy Silverado 1500 Select Specifications (09CHESILSPE01)

Configurations: 12

01 / Ratings

Every 2009 Silverado 1500 configuration

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

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2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

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Makerin pounds

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 towing capacity, GCWR, payload and tongue weight by configuration, in pounds
Configuration	Max towing^{source 1} lb	GVWR^{source 2} lb	Tow check
Crew Cab · Short bed · 2WD	up to 10,700	up to 7,100	Check load →
Crew Cab · Short bed · 4x4	up to 10,700	up to 7,300	Check load →
Regular Cab · Standard bed · 2WD	up to 10,700	6,400	Check load →
Regular Cab · Standard bed · 4x4	up to 10,700	6,400	Check load →
Regular Cab · Long bed · 2WD	up to 10,700	6,400	Check load →
Regular Cab · Long bed · 4x4	up to 10,700	up to 6,800	Check load →
Extended Cab · Short bed · 2WD	up to 10,700	not in our data	Check load →
Extended Cab · Short bed · 4x4	up to 10,700	not in our data	Check load →
Extended Cab · Standard bed · 2WD	up to 10,700	up to 7,000	Check load →
Extended Cab · Standard bed · 4x4	up to 10,700	up to 7,200	Check load →
Extended Cab · Long bed · 2WD	up to 10,700	6,900	Check load →
Extended Cab · Long bed · 4x4	up to 10,700	7,000	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: maximum trailer weight rating printed for the Silverado 1500 line ('Maximum capacities' column); no configuration named.

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.

The 2009 Silverado 1500 belongs to this generation; every configuration, its clearance, angles and weights are on its page.

Chevrolet Silverado 1500 GMT900 (2007–2013): full specs

02 / By year

Silverado 1500 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.

03 / Next

Check it against your load

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04 / FAQ

Questions people ask

Does every 2009 Silverado 1500 tow 10,700 lb?

Not necessarily: Chevrolet gives 10,700 lb as the most the 2009 Silverado 1500 can tow (“up to”), not as the rating of each configuration.

Has the Chevrolet Silverado 1500’s towing capacity changed by year?

Highest rating by model year: 2026, 13,300 lb; 2025, 13,300 lb; 2024, 13,300 lb; 2023, 13,300 lb; 2022, 13,300 lb; 2021, 13,300 lb; 2020, 13,400 lb; 2019, 12,200 lb; 2018, 12,500 lb; 2017, 12,500 lb; 2016, 12,000 lb; 2015, 12,000 lb; 2014, 12,000 lb; 2013, 10,700 lb; 2012, 10,700 lb; 2011, 10,700 lb; 2010, 10,700 lb; 2009, up to 10,700 lb; 2008, 10,500 lb; 2007, 10,500 lb.

What is the GVWR of the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500?

Up to 7,300 lb for the Crew Cab Short bed 4x4, as Chevrolet prints it; the lowest exact figure is 6,400 lb, for the Regular Cab Standard bed 2WD. GVWR is the most the vehicle may weigh with its people, cargo and the trailer’s tongue weight aboard.

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.