1988 GMC 3500K Sierra advice
I have owned a 1988 GMC 3500K Sierra for many years. I want to buy a travel trailer and am wondering what limitations I should be concerned about. My thought is to "practice" hauling in my home stat...
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I used my old ‘86 GMC K3500 duality 4x4 crewcab to carry a 4000 pound camper while towing a 10,000 pound trailer up and down mountains all over the west coast.
It wasn’t fast, because I didn’t care. I could have swapped in a 12-valve Cummins and ran with the late models, and I almost did just that. I could have hot-rodded the gas motor. I did actually drop in a ‘98 Vortec 7.4. But I wasn’t in that much of a hurry., I didn’t want to break anything.
I still own it. It ALWAYS runs. If it does break, it’s cheap and easy to fix.
No electronics. No emissions. No “trouble codes”.
If a rod isn’t poking out the side of the block, it’s gonna get you home.
New trucks are nice, but ridiculously expensive and FULL of things that can and eventually will go wrong.
It wasn’t fast, because I didn’t care. I could have swapped in a 12-valve Cummins and ran with the late models, and I almost did just that. I could have hot-rodded the gas motor. I did actually drop in a ‘98 Vortec 7.4. But I wasn’t in that much of a hurry., I didn’t want to break anything.
I still own it. It ALWAYS runs. If it does break, it’s cheap and easy to fix.
No electronics. No emissions. No “trouble codes”.
If a rod isn’t poking out the side of the block, it’s gonna get you home.
New trucks are nice, but ridiculously expensive and FULL of things that can and eventually will go wrong.
