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FlyingBison
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Aug 24, 2017

Practical tow capacities not the extremes or limits?

I recently Sold my expedition so that I could more easily tow my TT which is a 27ft flagstaff bunk house weighing 6500lb GVWR. I have decided that a Chevy 2500HD is going to be my next truck but I'm s...
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LVJJJ
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Sep 04, 2017
the 6.0 is a heck of an engine. We had an '05 Class B Road Trek (4L80E trans) motorhome that weighed 8,000 lbs and towed a 6,000 24' Rainier travel trailer and could go as fast as we wanted up most hills, just set the cruise (in tow/haul mode). Got about 11 mpg. Always thought there was no substitute for cubic inches, not true anymore. Towed a lot better than my '88 454

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