Half ton to three quarter....... Worth it?
Have an awesome truck. Born to pull and does great at it. It's a 4X4 Chevy Silverado, 1500, crew cab short box. My trailer is 8500 lbs and the family of four, plus two 100 lb dogs, plus a truck canopy...
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I pulled 5000 with a 2013 Silverado ext cab 4x4 and it was nice. I cant imagine pulling that much, especially those distances.
My son pulled about 6000 with the same model truck and after his first long trip traded it in on a 2012 Dodge CC 4x4 long bed CTD. It pulls the trailer like its not there.
Now he wants a fifth wheel but the selection gets down to rather lightweight 5ers if he wants to stay within the ratings of gvwr, gawr and gcwr.
You would probably love a 3/4 ton.
Here is how his and my 1/2 ton Chevy compared to what we have now.
2011 and 2013 Silverado 1500 pay load 1,650
2012 Dodge 2500 CTD payload 2130
My current 2014 3500 CTD CC payload 3,840
More is better.
My son pulled about 6000 with the same model truck and after his first long trip traded it in on a 2012 Dodge CC 4x4 long bed CTD. It pulls the trailer like its not there.
Now he wants a fifth wheel but the selection gets down to rather lightweight 5ers if he wants to stay within the ratings of gvwr, gawr and gcwr.
You would probably love a 3/4 ton.
Here is how his and my 1/2 ton Chevy compared to what we have now.
2011 and 2013 Silverado 1500 pay load 1,650
2012 Dodge 2500 CTD payload 2130
My current 2014 3500 CTD CC payload 3,840
More is better.
