I'm considering ordering a new GMC Sierra 1500 with the max tow package. It would be a crew cab short box SLT trim. I can either get the 5.3 or the 6.2 liter. Both have the 8 speed transmission. I...
My truck is the 6.2L NHT and I could not be happier. I run 87 NON- ethanol and have never had a problem or a knock, even at sea level. I tow ranch trailers that scale 10K on many occasions out here in the mountainous west, but 6K is my normal tow. You will be very happy with both the power AND the drive/ride of the truck. All the naysayers have NEVER driven the new 1500 NHT so their putting it down is based on NOTHING. It is the same truck that a ¾t was just a few short years ago.