2K lbs. in tow, that's it? If your truck can make it up the hill with nothing in tow, then it'll make it up that hill with 2K in tow. The 2K in tow won't be your issue, it'll be the wet grass. Your 2500 will get up that hill better than a 3500 DRW. If you have a couple feet to get a little momentum, like 5mph, that will help. A trailer that small probably doesn't even have brakes, but if it does you can just grab the electric brakes if you slide back, but I don't think that will happen anyway. A load that small though isn't going to pull you sliding back down the hill. 4HI should be fine. If you're really concerned, bring some boards (or chains as mentioned) and have a tow strap handy just in case, but I doubt you'll use them.

 

Wow, you guys are really living on the edge with that wet grass. I'm glad we don't have any of that around here, sounds scarry. We only get around 21 feet of annual snowfall and that's it. Whew! I know, it's probably really slippery.

Use 4 hi or 2 wd and just drive the thing out of there. Now if you are talking about a 15% grade or steeper then you may for sure want to use 4hi, maybe if you don't have a run at it at all.

 

2K put it in the truck unless its just so big it wont fit in the truck.... i cant imagine a trailer bigger than a truck bed weighing much under 2k loaded

 

2K lbs in tow?

Here is my idea, do you have to hit the hill straight on? if you can somewhat angle it, i would take it diagonally, I dont think it will matter in 4wd high or 4wd low, id take it in 4hi and try first gear or second, just try to keep momentum and dont break traction..

Ive never dealt with wet grass, but i have dealt with slippery muddy hills...without a trailer tho...

Rick

 

All,

I greatly appreciate all of your responses. It is great to know that you can get help from some much more experienced people.

It was raining pretty well in Syracuse yesterday morning, but the owner of the equipment did not want to move it in the rain. I was supposed to move a belt driven lathe circa 1890 and its attachments. The owner was worried that it would get soaked and rust. So I did not have to pull the trailer up the hill. The hill was 25’ long or so and decently steep. The bottom of the hill was below his basement and the top even with the first floor. From what I could tell I did not have all that much room to get between the house and the woods. Over all I am glad that I did not have to attempt it in the rain. The trailer was a 20’ long wooden floored flat bed and it weighted about 1000lbs. The rest of the load would have been about 1000lbs. We needed the trailer to move the (5) 18’ long cast iron pipes that were given to us.

Again thank you,
John

 

I dunno about you , but guessing by the ruts i dug going up a hill in 4x4 last weekend , i would not be sliding anywhere , my tires throw some serious chunks , i would feel sorry for the guys lawn , if they got the trailer down in there , it will come back out.

 

I hope you never have to learn about sliding backwards, firsthand.

I have been drug backwards by loads of cattle more times than I care to remember, usually at a cost.

As I get older, I tend to let the less-educated do the 4x4 work, and I do the profitable work.