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ToddD
Explorer
Oct 01, 2017

Educate me why GM 1 ton towing capacity is so much less

than current 1 ton Dodge and Ford. I figure better to ask here than in a specific GM, Ford, or Dodge forum. The power ratings are now all pretty much on par, so why is the GM rated so much lowe...
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1jeep
Explorer II
Oct 03, 2017
curious what the gvwr on your truck is? My father has a 2007 GMC Drw dmax and its door tag is 10k. I could never understand how it was so low, but assumed that in 2007.5 they must have changed the frame along with some other items to gain a higher rating.

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