Half ton to three quarter....... Worth it?

FishHaggis wrote:
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 and then gear makes the gcwr topic a bit sensitive.

What is the GVWR and RGAWR of this truck?

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There is a 2012 Dodge 2500 Laramie for sale here. 25000 kliks. Very nice and barely used. I am thinking of trading up to this bigger truck.

What is the GVWR and RGAWR of this truck?

Want to drive from Yellowknife to Whitehorse and into Alaska next year as well as cross the Rockies and visit Vancouver.

Is this up sizing worth it?

Depends on the above info...

How long you keep your vehicles

How you drive

How you maintain your vehicles, both in quality of materials and
the schedule you employ. ETC

I am tossed around now when going down big hills and she

struggles going up them

. Maybe I should just suck it up and manage the present setup as I have done. I just keep thinking my trailer needs a beefier truck.

Love my truck and am even considering se
lling the TT and getting a boat to keep my truck.

Since you asked...my opinion is always to have more margin than
needed

I'm not one those who pinch pennies and don't mind running at
the limits or over the limits for this type of thing...heck most
things. Especially anything to do with safety, life/limb risk
management decision (gambling)


Compare their GVWR and RGAWR and that will tell, or at least to
me, which will last longer and do a better job at it