Check out my current TV below. Since I can not sleep very much due to a few medical problems I was killing time looking at area dealerships. I email a dealership about a newer more expensive TV. A few days later a sales rep asked if I would be interested in a recent trade-in they had received. 2007 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD 2 wd diesel just like my truck....with a few exceptions. Mine LTZ & 71 Pk. Leather, rear backup camera....etc. Theirs LT cloth and a lot less stuff. Max tow mine 9900, theirs 12,000.I have chatted phone & text. They would add leather, step rails & spray in liner if I trade for $4300 difference. I was at 2000 range. 2007 - 44800 milesMine 2009 38000 milesI am at this time toning to keep mine....but it sure would give me more options having a diesel, Allison trans. Both have 3.73 gears. Both 2 wd.Sorry so long.

Check the GVWR of both trucks. If you are towing a fifth wheel, your cargo rating on the 2009 truck should be a lot more then the 2007 Diesel. Even if both have the same GVWR, the gas truck is about 500 pounds less than the diesel truck.Someone will aks if this is a early 2007 or later 2007, I don't know the difference, but one is much better than the other. Even though both of the diesels "can" tow 12,000 pounds, neither can handle the 2,500 pound pin weight of a 12,000 pound fifth wheel trailer and still carry more than 140 pounds in passengers. Both can handle the 1,200 - 1,500 pound weight of a travel trailer. So it depends on if you ever plan on towing a fifth wheel.Fred.

New 2007 model and yes to the 5th wheel question

i wouldn't just cause of the year and options.

hammer21661 wrote:i wouldn't just cause of the year and options.Ditto

Juust a question. IF you add the options you have on your truck to the truck you are looking at. Your probably going to end up with close to the same weight limits, Like Leather seats, Which BTW, Is a miracle they would put new seats in it, but anyway, Leather adds weight, Step rails add weight, spray in bed liners add weight. As does anything else you add. It's not going to bring it all the way down to yours, But it's going to close the gap some. so you won't be gaining as much as it looks like just now.

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zackyboy3rs

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May 18, 2013

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Check out my current TV below. Since I can not sleep very much due to a few medical problems I was killing time looking at area dealerships. I email a dealership about a newer more expensive TV. A few days later a sales rep asked if I would be interested in a recent trade-in they had received. 2007 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD 2 wd diesel just like my truck....with a few exceptions. Mine LTZ & 71 Pk. Leather, rear backup camera....etc. Theirs LT cloth and a lot less stuff. Max tow mine 9900, theirs 12,000.

I have chatted phone & text. They would add leather, step rails & spray in liner if I trade for $4300 difference. I was at 2000 range.
2007 - 44800 miles
Mine 2009 38000 miles

I am at this time toning to keep mine....but it sure would give me more options having a diesel, Allison trans. Both have 3.73 gears. Both 2 wd.

Sorry so long.

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zackyboy3rs
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May 18, 2013
New 2007 model and yes to the 5th wheel question
Golden_HVAC
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May 18, 2013
Check the GVWR of both trucks. If you are towing a fifth wheel, your cargo rating on the 2009 truck should be a lot more then the 2007 Diesel. Even if both have the same GVWR, the gas truck is about 500 pounds less than the diesel truck.

Someone will aks if this is a early 2007 or later 2007, I don't know the difference, but one is much better than the other.

Even though both of the diesels "can" tow 12,000 pounds, neither can handle the 2,500 pound pin weight of a 12,000 pound fifth wheel trailer and still carry more than 140 pounds in passengers. Both can handle the 1,200 - 1,500 pound weight of a travel trailer.

So it depends on if you ever plan on towing a fifth wheel.

Fred.

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