But the salesman TOLD me it could!
Went to the Chevy dealership .. as a way to find out if the salesman knew anything,asked re tow rating on this low-end 5.3 v8 half ton.. the answer, per this guy? 'About ten to eleven tons'
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Ron3rd wrote:
Give the salesman a break, he was selling toasters last week
I tried to buy one from him but, he said they were all 440 volt toasters. :)- Grit,
I Said on a freeway etc the max was better. BUT, I have had a number of local client with driveways, local roads that are in the 25-35% range. Like you, if I can't get to said job site....I'm screwed.
Low gears multiplying torque, is where it is at from my perspective, vs total power. Freeway, one needs HP, more us better. Low speed up grades, one needs torque correctly multiplied to get job done.
My IDI non turbo 7.3 with will pull more total lbs than either of previous trucks mentioned yet! Freeway......really slooooooow! :-)
Mart Mickeyfan0805 wrote:
valhalla360 wrote:
I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt...This is so far off reality, I doubt he was purposely giving you false information or didn't understand.
Some of the 1/2 tons have a "tow rating" of 10-11k lbs...he may have simply misspoke and meant 10-11 1000lbs rather than 10-11 tons.
That's very gracious of you - and maybe it's true. More likely (IMHO) is that it was just ignorance. I haven't purchased a vehicle in 20 years where I didn't know more about what I was buying than the salesperson.
Huge difference between an honest...if possibly incompetent mistake and purposely false statement.- I had a brake pad tear off on the front brake of my 3500 Ram. The service department quoted me $600+ dollars. (300 for the rotor and 300 for labor and the brake pads. Luckily for me I have done a lot of mechanic work over the years and thought maybe I could do it myself. Several days later I stopped into the parts department at the same dealership and talked to the parts guy about doing it myself but the rotor seemed really expensive. He told me the torque specs on the 4 wheel drive front axle cover and I got the rotor for $160. I did it myself for $200.
- I was looking at Jeep Wranglers just for fun, and asked him what the tow rating was, and he told me 8k lbs, when it is 1500lbs for the 2 door that I was looking at.
I always ask a question that I know the answer to, to see if they either know the answer, admit they don't know and offer to check, or just lie. Old-Biscuit wrote:
Got to be a Ford Eco Boost with the max tow package. :S
