New truck, sold the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500...
A few days ago I traded my 15 Silverado 1500 for a 17 Dodge Ram 2500 HD.
I don't have anything bad to say about my Chevrolet. It was a decent truck for the 11k miles I owned it. I wanted a 2500 series truck a year and a half ago when I bought the Silverado, but convinced myself i didn't need a 3/4 ton truck.
Since that time I know loaded for camping trips i was only a few hundred pounds under the payload rating and that bothered me. Plus we are looking at bigger campers now, so I'd have had even less margin.
The Chevy dealer wanted around $1200 to put the oem trailer tow mirrors on my truck and the Ram came with them. I just couldn't see putting that money into the trailer tow mirrors, spending $800+ to upgrade the tires and then still have all that money invested in a 1/2 ton truck. I decided it best for my family to put that money into a 3/4 ton truck and have a lot more margin.
I didn't care for the carpeted inner wheel wells, wax coated frame, and some other issues, but those are minor complaints. No truck is perfect, I'm sure the ram will have it's quirks also. The tundra seems solid, but i don't like foreign trucks personally and it's not as HD as my Ram is. The Silverado treated me well. It was a good truck.
After looking at the 2500HD Chevrolet, F250 Ford, All things considered, i liked the Ram the best.
I liked the looks of the Ram best and they have some innovative features like the in floor storage bins, under rear seat recessed storage area,etc. The 6.4 Hemi has a lot of power.
Happy new year!
Take care,
- G
I don't have anything bad to say about my Chevrolet. It was a decent truck for the 11k miles I owned it. I wanted a 2500 series truck a year and a half ago when I bought the Silverado, but convinced myself i didn't need a 3/4 ton truck.
Since that time I know loaded for camping trips i was only a few hundred pounds under the payload rating and that bothered me. Plus we are looking at bigger campers now, so I'd have had even less margin.
The Chevy dealer wanted around $1200 to put the oem trailer tow mirrors on my truck and the Ram came with them. I just couldn't see putting that money into the trailer tow mirrors, spending $800+ to upgrade the tires and then still have all that money invested in a 1/2 ton truck. I decided it best for my family to put that money into a 3/4 ton truck and have a lot more margin.
I didn't care for the carpeted inner wheel wells, wax coated frame, and some other issues, but those are minor complaints. No truck is perfect, I'm sure the ram will have it's quirks also. The tundra seems solid, but i don't like foreign trucks personally and it's not as HD as my Ram is. The Silverado treated me well. It was a good truck.
After looking at the 2500HD Chevrolet, F250 Ford, All things considered, i liked the Ram the best.
I liked the looks of the Ram best and they have some innovative features like the in floor storage bins, under rear seat recessed storage area,etc. The 6.4 Hemi has a lot of power.
Happy new year!
Take care,
- G
