Will it pull

I have a Tahoe with a 5.3 and my trailer is 28 ft... car is not as heavy but mine pulls fine, jus cant get nasty with it on a grade...

gonna get hairy ...but yes it will pull it

not very quickly, or safely, but it should get it there..............

My brothers 5.3 burban struggled with a 20 ft. trailer with a 3500 lb car. I hope you have load levelers, sway bars, and, ride rite bags.
Good Luck
Justin

depending on the trailer, and the amount of stuff crammed in it..............I'll venture a guess mine is well over 11k fully loaded, hell maybe more. The added weight will tax the trucks suspension, the increaed wind drag will tax the powertrain. It can be done but man your in for a white knuckle ride. How far do you tow to the track?

my 5.3 silverado pulls my car. BUT it has the 6 speed tranny, ten ply Firestone tires, a open 14ft light weight trailer and the car weighs only 3050. i also putz along like mr magoo....fwiw, bobn

5.3's barely have enough power to get out of their own way. Also better check for coolant in the oil if you get there.

I've got a 2011 burb with the 5.3 and it has a hard time pulling my 25' boat around FWIW

I would worry about the transmission ! Those things are weak and junk ! If it has the 4L80 you are in good shape but I doubt that you have the 4l80 with a 5.3.

Diggindeeper wrote:5.3's barely have enough power to get out of their own way. Also better check for coolant in the oil if you get there.

My 2005 Silverado 5.3 w/ 4.10 gears ran 15.30s and pulled a 24 ft 75-80 mph all day. In fact speed wise it pulled better than my Excursion, control and brakes not so much.

I use to have a silverado 5.7 4x4 z71 and it wouldn't pull the hat off a sick Whore. all it would do is 55mph loaded out of OD... I wouldn't walk across the street to pee on it if it was on fire......