Life in RedLine
The 27-foot RedLine 230FSE stickers at 5505 pounds empty with 806 on the hitch, and has a GVWR of 9995 to stay under the license endorsement limit found in some states. Since that pin weight translates to about 1100 pounds added to the rear axle, we hooked them both with identical weight-distributing hitches, each with three links on the bars.
They appear more nose-down than we'd normally tow for three reasons. One, the trailer jack wouldn't go any higher for loading (we recommend carrying wood blocks). Two, the majority of the payload weight will go behind the trailer axles. And three, the nose-heavy weight helped the trucks find traction under power and helped them use the rear brakes more--we skidded the rear axle on one trailer about three feet because of the forward-tilt attitude, and that only happened once.
Our Sierra didn't offer a simple plug-and-play setup for brake controllers, requiring the installers to make direct wiring connections. The Tundra was delivered with a controller already installed, but tow-package (and all V-8) Tundras come with a plug-in connection at the end of the brake-controller harness.--GRW
| The Gear Box - GMC Sierra/Toyota Tundra |
| GEAR | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Reverse | Crawl |
| Gear ratio | 3.06:1/ 3.33:1 | 1.63:1/ 1.96:1 | 1.00:1/ 1.35:1 | 0.71:1/ 1.00:1 | NA/ 0.73:1 | NA/ 0.59:1 | 2.29:1/ 3.06:1 | 3.06:1/ 3.33:1 |
| Overall ratio | 12.55:1/ 14.32:1 | 6.68:1/ 8.43:1 | 4.10:1/ 5.81:1 | 2.87:1/ 4.30:1 | NA/ 3.14:1 | NA/ 2.54:1 | 9.39:1/ 13.16:1 | 34.0:1/ 37.5:1 |
| Pwr to axle @ peak lb-ft | 4705/ 5742 | 2505/ 3380 | 1537/ 2330 | 1076/ 1724 | NA/ 1259 | NA/ 1019 | 3521/ 5277 | 12,750/ 15,037 |