2500 HD or 3500 HD?
I have a 5th wheel that I tow with a 2013 Sierra 2500HD SLE Duramax. It does a fine job of towing but I want to upgrade to a nicer equipped truck with the newer generation 6.6L motor. I don't exceed t...
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ktmrfs wrote:
If your looking at a new GM, the 2500 and 3500 SRW diesels have basically the same GVWR. IIRC 11,500 +/-. They dropped the "old" 10,000lb GVWR on the 2500's.
I suspect Ford and Dodge will be (or maybe already have) following GM on the 2500's.
I’m willing to be that actually hurts their sales for commercial accounts. The way the federal DOT rules read anything over 10K lbs GVWR falls into a different category regardless of actual weight.
It’s generally not an issue for private use, but even private owned trucks driven for work can fall into the 10K GVWR rules.
Ram and Ford both offer 10K GVWR SRW 3500’s for this reason.
