Exactly what is a Chev 1500HD
Is it a stock 2500 with a 1500 body, or is there more to it than that?
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mkirsch wrote:
In the early 2000's GM made two "3/4 ton" trucks, a 2500 and a 2500HD.
The 2500 has a semi-floating rear axle and an 8600GVWR
The 2500HD has a full-floating rear axle and a 9200GVWR
The 1500HD is just a crew cab version of the 2500 model with the semi-floating rear axle.
It is **NOT** a "half ton" truck. The badging is basically an end-around on some HOA (homeowners association) rules against heavy-duty pickup trucks.
There is nothing different between the 1500, 1500HD, 2500, and 3500 trucks as far as the body is concerned from 2003 on. In 2001-2002, the 3500, and possibly 2500HD pickups have a higher hood.
Actually, in the early 2000s GM did not have a crew cab 1/2 ton to compete with Dodge and Ford, that is why the 1500HD came into existance. Dodge did the same thing a couple of years later because they didn't have a chassis to build a 1/2 ton Mega Cab on.
Around 2005 GM built a new chassis for the 1/2 ton crew cabs but it was a 5 1/2' bed on a shorter w/b than the 1500HD
