2014 GM/Chevy 1500 Twins
Just saw an add on TV last night showing some 'best in class' towing numbers on the new '14 1500 twins of over 10k lbs that caught my attention. Does anyone know the 'real world' payload on these tr...
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goducks10 wrote:
Here's another real world test.
http://special-reports.pickuptrucks.com/2013/06/2013-light-duty-challenge-calculated-max-payload-and-towing.html
Curb weight; GMC SLE Z71 CC 5420, Payload 1580
Curb weight; Chevy 5480, LT Z71 CC Payload 1520
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PUTC Article wrote:
To calculate the maximum payload, we subtracted the truck's weight from the gross vehicle weight rating number on the door sticker, then subtracted 200 more pounds for a normal-sized driver.
So over 1700 for crew cab 4WD. If a double cab weighs 250 pounds less and has the same GVWR, not bad. And the NHT package raises GVWR by 300 pound.
2014 GM twins have the most payload for standard, 95% of their sales. GM lightened them up a bit over 07-13 models and kept GVWR the same. F-150 is next, but has two payload improving packages available. Still, they sell about 2% of F-150s with either of those packages.
