Shopping for a new TV

VCRT wrote:
Lots of good input here, thanks for all the replies.
A few observations.
sgfrye, if you are able to get mpg results in the "18 mpg range" I would really like to know how you're doing it because everywhere else I've looked, forum posters are talking 12, maybe 13 mpg.

KD4UPL, Yes, I weighed the truck, rear axle is at 3900 lbs.That was with our camping gear, hitched up and a 1/4 tank of gas. So, it probably goes a little higher. I do plan on lightening up on the rear of the new truck by about 200# by eliminating my steel bed slider. It's a nice feature I installed years ago to bring the cargo to me, but I'm planning other ways of dealing with that that won't add all that weight. The max trailering pkg. on the 1500 gives a GAWR rear of 4300# which will work.




westend, yes, I calculated about the same difference in fuel costs for the 1/2 ton vs. 3/4 ton and I can think of better uses for $1000.00 every year than giving it to the filling stations.

Just to put it out there, the max trailering pkg. on the latest Silverados offers max trailer weight of 11,700# and the GCWR is 17,700. Both figures are for the 6.2L w/3.42 axle and 5.3L w/3.73 axle.

I guess you can see I'm leaning toward the 1/2 ton with the package I described.

Thanks,
Rich