3/4 ton diesel's and payload / GVWR issues
Looking at different 3/4 ton trucks and it seems like the 4x4 diesels payloads are going to range 2100 - 2400 ish. That's not much when it comes to covering myself for a possible 5th wheel upgrade do...
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your pretty close on cargo capacity with a 3/4ton especially a CC 4x4 SB and diesel. Drop the diesel and you'll pick up a noticeable increase in cargo capacity. Our duramax denali CC 4x4 has 2400lbs cargo capacity.
Had I been able to find a 1 ton SRW short box with the options I wanted I would have gone for it. Having riden in a 1 ton SRW, I didn't notice a big difference in ride quality. This was comparing a GM 3/4 vs 1 ton SRW. Unloaded 3/4 or 1 ton can be stiff on rough roads, but on the highway not a lot of difference.
And the SRW in theory picks up 1500 lbs in cargo capacity in a GM SRW. 10,000 vs 11,500 when we were looking.
Problem I found was that while most 3/4 tons are short box, virtually all the 1 tons even SRW were long box.
Price wise at least with GM, prices for similarly equipped 3/4 and 1 ton are virtually identical.
For fuel economy I don't know, but with a SRW I wouldn't expect the difference to be noticeable, since empty weight is virtually the same.
We don't pull a 5th wheel, but pulling our 9,000lb trailer with the truck bed loaded with our misc stuff and DW and grandkids going over the scale we are real close to 10K lbs. If it's me and dirt bike and gear in the back and no passengers, again near 10K.
When you have 1400lbs tongue weight, and people and stuff in the bed it adds up quick.
Had I been able to find a 1 ton SRW short box with the options I wanted I would have gone for it. Having riden in a 1 ton SRW, I didn't notice a big difference in ride quality. This was comparing a GM 3/4 vs 1 ton SRW. Unloaded 3/4 or 1 ton can be stiff on rough roads, but on the highway not a lot of difference.
And the SRW in theory picks up 1500 lbs in cargo capacity in a GM SRW. 10,000 vs 11,500 when we were looking.
Problem I found was that while most 3/4 tons are short box, virtually all the 1 tons even SRW were long box.
Price wise at least with GM, prices for similarly equipped 3/4 and 1 ton are virtually identical.
For fuel economy I don't know, but with a SRW I wouldn't expect the difference to be noticeable, since empty weight is virtually the same.
We don't pull a 5th wheel, but pulling our 9,000lb trailer with the truck bed loaded with our misc stuff and DW and grandkids going over the scale we are real close to 10K lbs. If it's me and dirt bike and gear in the back and no passengers, again near 10K.
When you have 1400lbs tongue weight, and people and stuff in the bed it adds up quick.
