Colorado/ Canyon with duramax

Wow thanks guys I will send this info so far to him.

I am towing an 18ft. overall length travel trailer with a gas crewcab Colorado. Towed from Vermont to Florida last year and will do so again this year. Absolutely no complaints. The truck has plenty of power and I averaged 13.2 mpg, but that was keeping the speed at 65 max. I traded in a 32ft fifth wheel that I towed with a Ford f-250 diesel and the small trailer with the Colorado is a much more comfortable ride.

I meet a gentleman out in California that was towing a small TT and he claims plenty of power and about 13.5 MPG towing.

I test drove one for about 30 minutes. It had about 200 miles on the clock. Rode pretty smooth, didn't have any payload to test that part but I liked it. I did some highway driving and got it to show me 25.5 mpg at 65-70mph. I was driving with my foot so it might have done better with the cruise on. I took it on city streets, dirt roads, pothole plagued dirt roads, and of course the highway. I had a trailer with about 4000lbs of metal and trailer combined weight I would have loved to test it with but I didn't think they would appreciate that since I was just looking anyway. I felt like it would have handled that load with ease. The 91 Chevy K1500 that I was using to pull that trailer would have a tough time doing it as easy as that baby Duramax I bet.

I'm interested in these as well. It seems there is only a difference in 700# in tow rating between the gas and diesel version. So, is it worth the almost $4K upgrade and increased fuel/maintenance costs for the diesel. The max payload is even more with the gas version. Just some things to consider.

My best friend uses one for his work truck. Usually towing a 14' enclosed single axle trailer. Upgraded from an older Dakota with the 4.7 V8.

He loves the truck - says it has plenty of power and "gets better MPG than the sticker said it would".

I think he said he has put over 10,000 miles on it since this Spring.

I cannot attest to the diesel. I was hoping to use one last weekend, but ended up with a 2017 Canyon Crew Cab Long box with the 3.6 and 8 sp trans.

I towed a stock trailer north 300 miles, loaded with swine, and picked up my daughters and put their belongings in the bed. Proceeded to tow back 300 miles south with the load. The truck did everything I asked.

There's a reason, after 38 years as a GM man, I made the switch to Ford. I'd finally had enough of their Customer "service". Never again.

I drove a friends and really liked it for what it was. Drove like a car. If it suits his needs then he should be happy.

I don't have one but also researched it extensively. For his purposes it will probably do fine. It has a substantial tow rating and more payload than many full size half ton trucks.

I know there are some on this forum with experience towing with one. Hopefully they will chime in pretty soon.

Thanks!

Jeremiah