6.0 chev

alexleblanc wrote:
The 6.0 is really the weakest of the gasser options out there, while it may get the job done I'd give the Ram 6.4 or Ford 6.2 a serious look for better performance. Othet than the gas engine itself, the 2500/3500 SRW gm truck is a great platform.

I tow 10k with a Diesel and until they offer the 3.5 Ecoboost in the Super Duty I won't switch to a gasser, the low end torque just isn't there and makes for much more of a strained towing experience.

Buy one and pull with it and then talk about it. The 6.0 may be the lesser powered pickup on paper. However in actual pull offs it does very well often besting the competition. I have gone over scales weighing at 30K combined and taken that load from 5K to 7,5K and it pulls very well. The pickup handles the weight well, the tranny never got above 220. I don't know how the other gas trucks pull, but the 6.0 is a good pulling gas motor. Does everything you could reasonably expect a gas engine to do, pulls well beyond its ratings.

alexleblanc wrote:
The 6.0 is really the weakest of the gasser options out there, while it may get the job done I'd give the Ram 6.4 or Ford 6.2 a serious look for better performance. Othet than the gas engine itself, the 2500/3500 SRW gm truck is a great platform

To be fair when your talking about these gas engines in any of the HD trucks the power on paper is splitting hairs. The 6.0 has done very well across the board because of the 1-2 gearing on the transmission. All of the HD trucks finish within seconds of each other on the pick up truck tests, excluding the IKE Gauntlet which the Ram 6.4 ran in 1st gear @ maximum load ratings which hardly any of us will ever do with these trucks.

I have towed with a Ford 5.4, 6.8 and Chevy 6.0. They all get the job done, and the biggest improvement was the 6-speed transmissions behind them. I would test drive each and every HD trucks and find the one that you enjoy the most and go from there.

As others said I have towed 7,000lbs with my now sold Chevy 2500HD w/ 6.0, 3.73 gearing and 6-speed transmission. Once your up to speed it moves right along, on hills it would spin @ 4200rpm as it's designed to do. If I were doing 11,000lbs I would shoot for the 4.10 gears.

The 6.0 is really the weakest of the gasser options out there, while it may get the job done I'd give the Ram 6.4 or Ford 6.2 a serious look for better performance. Othet than the gas engine itself, the 2500/3500 SRW gm truck is a great platform.

I tow 10k with a Diesel and until they offer the 3.5 Ecoboost in the Super Duty I won't switch to a gasser, the low end torque just isn't there and makes for much more of a strained towing experience.

I traded in my 2004 2500HD with 6.0 and 4.10 for a 2015 3500HD with 6.0 and 4.10. Like said above, the RPMs will get up there on the hills, but with the cab of the 2015, you can barely hear the engine and transmission. My 2004 was much louder. I pulled 11,000# with both trucks and had no problems. The reason I own the 3500 is for towing and if I wasn't happy towing with my 2004, I certainly wouldn't have bought the same thing eleven years later. Everybody tries to tell you, you can't do it without a diesel, but that's not true. The Chevrolet 6.0 is a great motor.

Bruce

I have towed twice that with both a 2012 6.0 with 3.73's and a 2015 with 4.10's and the 6.0L.

The motor screams (cant hardly hear it in the 2015) at those heavy weights but it has the strength to do it. The 6.0 more than holds it own against the other two HD gas trucks in real world towing. 11K is not a problem for that motor. The 6.0 is about as bullet proof as they come. I liked running that motor.

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Busdriver wrote:
Is anyone towing heavy 11'000 lbs with a 3500 Chevy . Thinging about new truck don't want a another diesel.

All diesels are not alike :B
I just happen to read your sig :W

X2. Been there done that with the 6.0L diesel.

I bought the truck in my signature almost 2 years ago and am an extremely happy camper. No diesel smell, very quiet, pulls like a freight train, looks and drives great, and is very reliable. I would highly recommend one.

I really don't think you'll be overly happy with gas after towing with a diesel.

Our newest work truck is a 2015 Chevy 3500. It's a double cab, 4wd, with 4:10 gears. It has a service body and ladder rack and weighs about 9,000 pounds "empty". The heaviest I've towed was about 13,000 pounds. Going up a mountain with the pedal on the floor I was doing about 35 MPH. It got me to the top with no problems but coming from my personal Duramax truck I couldn't stand towing like that.
If you've suffered thru the 2005 Ford 6.0 debacle don't let that be how you judge diesels. We've had two Ford 6.0s at work: an '03 and an '06. They've been nothing but trouble, expensive trouble. My experience with my personal trucks: an '05 Chevy Duramax and an '07 Duramax has been wonderful. The '05 has 205,000 miles on it with hardly any problems at all. It's been the most trouble free reliable vehicle I've ever owned.

Busdriver wrote:
Is anyone towing heavy 11'000 lbs with a 3500 Chevy . Thinging about new truck don't want a another diesel.

Just curious. Why no diesel?

And the 6.0 with the 4:10 (which is standard in all GM gas HD trucks now) is a truly bullet proof and crazy reliable platform! I would think it would move 11,000lbs in the right configuration around very well.

I have 2010 6.0 2500HD 4wd have been pulling 11000 5vr around the midwest and while there aren't many hills around she does alright. It's no diesel by any means but they got it right. Last I heard the GM 6.2 is a alum block that only went into 1500s

I have one in a 3500 Savanna ext, Its a good engine but 11,000 lbs is pushing its limits. The ford 6.2 is stronger and a better trans, at least on my 2010 anyway. The 6.0 has better bottom end tq but runs out of steam too quickly and starts thrashing a bit. I believe Gm has a new 6.2 gas out now also thats supposed to make good power.