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wildwood2018
Explorer
Jan 07, 2018

Truck 2500hd Silverado 6.0 or diesel, 6.6 or 8' bed ?

Recently purchased a 30" travel trailer gvwr 10000Lbs. Sold my 1500 1/2 ton 02 silverado to upgrade to a 2018 2500hd Silverado. Just would like some opinions on which Silverado to chose the 6.0 vorte...
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blt2ski
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Jan 10, 2018
Wowens,
With the 6 sp trans, you would have been in 2nd gear, probably 5 mph faster with you motor due to better gear splits. With a newer higher HP motor an additional 5mph or so.
The 4l80 trans is not a good towing transmission.

Marty

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