17 gmc 3500

lee worsdell wrote:
Just trader the 13 2500 gmc for a new 17 3500. Don't even notice the trailer and what a nice ride. tons of power with the new motor

I agree the GMC are a real nice tuck, we almost bought the GMC Denali instead of the of the Chevy last week. The rebate on the Chevy was a little more so we fell in that camp. We had a 2008 Dodge Ram with a 6.7 CTD and it was a very good truck. We broke down for 2 weeks in the UP of Michigan while camping with emission system and exhaust filter problems it quit doing re-gens altogether. When the $$$$ started adding up for the fix we chose to trade the truck on a new 2017 Chevy 3500. So far we have only pulled maybe 1K miles and we love the new one. I will say I can't notice a whole lot of puling power difference between the old Ram and new Chevy topping hills. The empty ride of the new truck is far better then the old.

The one minor thing I did to the Chevy was add a grill insert from etrailer. Not sure if the GMC has the same issue or not. I had a friend point out the cooling system was exposed to road debris. If you look closely at the first pic below in the center between the fog lights right below the Chevy emblem it has a slit with nothing in there to protect the cooling system from road rocks and debris.



In this pic you can see the installed Putco lovers to help catch a rock





It took my helper (DW) and I about 1.5 hours to install the guard. We had to pull the whole grill out to get our hands down into the bolts to install it. When I was a younger man it would have been a piece of cake. We just did it today and we got the job done but we both had some fowl words flying around for a while. Once we were done we came in the house and had a drink and laughed about it.

Now we have caught a slight bug for a new 5th wheel. Trying to suppress the bug but....

Bob