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2026 Chevrolet Colorado towing capacity

The 2026 Chevrolet Colorado tows 3,500 lbs to 7,700 lbs depending on how it's built. The top number needs the 2.7L TurboMax 4-cylinder, Crew Cab, with Trailering Package.

✓ From 2026 Chevrolet Trailering Guide, p. 41 ↗Checked 2026-09-272026202520242023202220212020

Chevrolet Colorado
Photo: MercurySable99, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7,700
Max towing, lbs
3,500
Lowest rating, lbs
3
Configurations
7
Model years

Try it

Will it pull your trailer?

Use the trailer's GVWR (on its VIN sticker) if you don't know what it weighs loaded — the dry weight leaves out water, propane and gear.

Only 2 of 3 configurations

It takes the 2.7L TurboMax 4-cylinder — pick your configuration below to be sure.

▲ top rating 7,700 lbs

  • Tongue weight ≈ 420 lbs — 10% of the loaded trailer, the figure Ford's towing guide uses (no more than 200 lbs up to 2,000 lbs). It counts against your payload, together with passengers and cargo.
  • ✓ up to 90% of the rating · ! 90–100% (little room for cargo, hills, wind — common advice, not a Chevrolet rule) · ✕ over the rating.

Read this before you buy

Why the numbers differ

  • With the tow package the 2.7L TurboMax 4-cylinder goes from 6,000 lbs to 7,700 lbs — with Trailering Package. p. 41 ↗

  • Same top rating as the 2025 model (7,700 lbs).

In real life

What 7,700 lbs means in trailers

Ford's towing guide sorts trailers into four weight classes; the classes describe the trailer, so they apply to any tow vehicle. With the right configuration the Colorado reaches:

  1. Class I✓ Yes

    up to 2,000 lbs

    Small folding camping trailers and trailers for small boats, motorcycles and snowmobiles.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

  2. Class II✓ Yes

    2,001–3,500 lbs

    Large folding camping trailers, single-axle, small- to medium-length (up to 18-ft.) trailers.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

  3. Class III✓ Yes

    3,501–5,000 lbs

    Dual-axle or large single-axle travel trailers.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

  4. Class IVUp to 7,700

    over 5,000 lbs

    Largest travel and 5th-wheel trailers made for recreation.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

Real trailers

Can the Colorado pull these?

3 heavier trailers the Colorado isn't rated for

Weights are what each trailer maker publishes (retrieved 2026-09-27). We compare the trailer's GVWR — the most it may weigh loaded — with each Colorado configuration's rating, and never a dry weight when a GVWR exists.

Fine print, made plain

What the rating assumes

Every rating assumes a 150-lb driver and passenger and no other cargo. Add people, gear or accessories and the trailer you can tow goes down by the same amount.

New to towing?

The five weights, in one picture

Tongue weightLoaded trailer weightPayloadGVWR: the loaded truckGCWR: truck + trailer together
Loaded trailer weight — must stay under the towing rating
The rating “It assumes a towing vehicle with any mandatory options, no cargo, tongue load of 10% (conventional trailer) or king pin weight of 15% (5th-wheel trailer), and driver and passenger (150 lbs. each).” Weight of additional options, passengers, cargo and hitch must be deducted from this weight. p. 7 ↗
Tongue weight — the part of the trailer pressing on the hitch
“For trailers up to 2,000 lbs., tongue load not to exceed 200 lbs. For conventional trailers over 2,000 lbs., tongue load is 10% of loaded trailer weight. For 5th-wheel trailers, king pin weight is 15% of loaded trailer weight.” p. 7 ↗
Payload — people and cargo the truck can carry
“Payload is the combined maximum allowable weight of cargo and passengers that the vehicle is designed to carry. It is the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating minus the Base Curb Weight.” And: “When towing, trailer tongue load or king pin weight is also part of the Cargo Weight.” p. 6 ↗
GVWR and GCWR — the two ceilings
“Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) is the maximum allowable weight of the fully-loaded vehicle (including passengers and cargo).” “Gross Vehicle Weight PLUS Loaded Trailer Weight EQUALS Gross Combination Weight (GCW) GCW must not exceed GCWR.” Your GVWR is on the label on the driver's door jamb. p. 6 ↗

Towing it behind a motorhome?

Can you flat tow a 2026 Chevrolet Colorado? Some versions

Chevrolet allows it for: 4x4/4WD/e4WD.

Steps and conditions →

From the maker's table

All 3 configurations

Conventional towing:
EngineTrimMax trailerGCWRSource
2.7L TurboMax 4-cylinder—7,700213,250p. 41 ↗
2.7L TurboMax 4-cylinderZR26,00011,600p. 41 ↗
2.7L TurboMax 4-cylinder—3,50019,100p. 41 ↗
  1. Requires available accessory trailer hitch and trailer wiring harness.
  2. With Trailering Package.

Weights in lbs. “Not listed” means the maker printed no GCWR for that configuration — we don't estimate one.

More Chevrolet towing capacities

Questions people ask

What is the towing capacity of the 2026 Chevrolet Colorado?

From 3,500 lbs to 7,700 lbs, depending on engine, axle ratio, body and drive. The 7,700 lbs top rating is for the 2.7L TurboMax 4-cylinder · 3.42 axle · Crew Cab (With Trailering Package).

Does the 2026 Chevrolet Colorado need a tow package?

Chevrolet's guide lists no separate package requirement for this model.

How much tongue weight can the 2026 Chevrolet Colorado handle?

Not listed in the maker's guide.

Can you flat tow a 2026 Chevrolet Colorado?

Only some versions: 4x4/4WD/e4WD.

Citing these numbers?

Can Tow That. "2026 Chevrolet Colorado Towing Capacity." From 2026 Chevrolet Trailering Guide, PDF modified 2026-07-14. https://cantowthat.com/chevrolet/colorado

Source: 2026 Chevrolet Trailering Guide (General Motors (Chevrolet), PDF modified 2026-07-14; retrieved 2026-09-27). Page links open the PDF at the page each number is printed on.

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