Newbie here, advice on tow rig?
To preface, sorry for the long first post. I've read about 50 pages of the diesel vs gas thread and it's exhausting, so I thought I'd start my own in hopes of getting some realistic non-biased advice....
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Need-A-Vacation wrote:
One other thing to consider is depending on just what the tw may end up being, go to a 3500/350 srw. Even more so if you go new. Though it may have changed since last Sept when got our 2500HD, a 3500 optioned exactly the same as a 2500HD was actually just a little cheaper (few hundred if I remember exactly).
Reason being is 2500HD options like the tow pkg and tow mirrors are standard on the 3500. This is only for the Chevy, can't remember if it was the same for GMC.
I've noticed the same thing on cost difference between a 2500 and a 3500. In Texas that would be eaten up in registration fees after the 2nd year. The 2500 at 10,000 GVWR or less costs $54 a year while the 3500 at 10,001 GVWR or more costs $110. In this respect buying more truck than needed wastes money. You may be able to select your own weight to register. YMMV
Edited because some of my post was cut out maybe because I used greater than and less than signs?
