New Truck Buyer Needs Help
In the process of buying a Rockwood 2205S trailer, UVW 5004# CCC 1686# for a total of 6690#. Now, I need to buy a tow vehicle—properly equipped half-ton truck. Not being mechanically inclined, I u...
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^Fwiw, above recommendation based on driving, being responsible for or just being around hundreds of pickups used in fleet service in construction, mostly gassers and mostly half tons.
I’ve seen what has and hasn’t broke on these trucks and generally understand the issues and conditions surrounding them.
Example, my 2016 Chevy work truck coughed up it’s transmission at 60k miles. Would think I wouldn’t recommend it? Nope not the case, it had a discernible issue from day 1 that the dealer “couldn’t diagnose”. It was TQ converter shutter. Combined with driving it like a rented mule, I accelerated that issue to failure in 60k miles. But it’s the only truck in that fleet of about 40-50 trucks from 2015-2017 that has had a transmission issue. And the others didn’t behave like mine did.
BTW the dealer still took 3 passes at the repair,lol. Then finally gave up and dropped a new trans in it.
Bad truck? Absolutely not.
Stupid dealer? Absolutely yes.
I’ve seen what has and hasn’t broke on these trucks and generally understand the issues and conditions surrounding them.
Example, my 2016 Chevy work truck coughed up it’s transmission at 60k miles. Would think I wouldn’t recommend it? Nope not the case, it had a discernible issue from day 1 that the dealer “couldn’t diagnose”. It was TQ converter shutter. Combined with driving it like a rented mule, I accelerated that issue to failure in 60k miles. But it’s the only truck in that fleet of about 40-50 trucks from 2015-2017 that has had a transmission issue. And the others didn’t behave like mine did.
BTW the dealer still took 3 passes at the repair,lol. Then finally gave up and dropped a new trans in it.
Bad truck? Absolutely not.
Stupid dealer? Absolutely yes.
