New 3/4 CC Dmax payload cap terrible!
I'm researching tow vehicles, and I discovered that when a 2014 Silverado 2500 HD is configured w/Diesel, Crew Cab 4x4 and Long Bed, the payload capacity drops to a pitiful 2552 lbs. Which basical...
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bmanning wrote:I agree. Very well said, by both of you!4x4ord wrote:While I agree, it's a marketing thing and as crazy as it may sound to the informed, they'd probably lose a few sales if they did away with 3/4ton diesels.
Why they make 3/4 ton diesels is hard to understand. They should label the SRW 1ton as a 2500 and when you go to a 3500 series you automatically get duals.
As silly as it is, some have a stigma about "one tons" while not having that same stigma about 250/2500 series trucks. Look no further than many insurance providers!
I think it's somewhat in the nature of the consumer to want options, so they give us the option of a diesel pickup that isn't a clearance-light-sporting one ton that conjures images of hauling backhoes on flatbed trailers.
My personal feeling, and I've been saying it for years, is that the manufacturers should just get rid of the whole 15/25/35/45/55/65/75 model series naming game and simply rate the trucks by their GVWR's!
Buy however much truck you need, to haul whatever it is you're intending to haul, going by the GVWR and unloaded scale weight numbers (actual payload capacity). It's really pretty simple! This is how true commercial trucks are purchased.
