chevy 2002 1500HD Silverado
Truck GVW 6100 scale weight GVWR 8600 RGAWR 6000 FGAWR 4410 What is the GVW that this truck can safely tow?
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The 1500HD was built at a weird time for GM. They were making a lot of changes in their truck lines and at the time did not have a 1/2 ton frame long enough to build a crew cab on. Some of you might remember Ford was building 1/2 ton crew cabs with 5 foot beds due to the same issues. Chevy decided to just build a 3/4 ton truck that would still have a 6 foot box and badge it a 1500HD. It is an 8 lug 3/4 ton truck just badged/rated lower. Offered with only a 6.0 but could get 3:73 or 4:10 gears as I recall. Same truck in extended cab is a 2500, crew cab=1500HD. The lowering of gvwr and badging enabled Chevy to offer a 1/2 ton CC before their "real" 1/2 ton frames were updated to reflect the changing market demands of pickups. Still was a bit of a gvwr upgrade from a 1/2 ton though. Once the new 1/2 ton frames were up and running the 1500HD was phased out.
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another evolution of chevy was the 2500HD. It was originally just going to be the only "1 ton" srw offering and the 3500 was drw. Chevy did not even offer a srw 3500 until 2004 or 2005. That's why a 2500HD shares almost every power train and suspension component with it's 1 ton dually brother. The 2500HD has been the most popular 8-lug truck ever offered when combining GMC & Chevy (split up ford is number 1 in sales).
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another evolution of chevy was the 2500HD. It was originally just going to be the only "1 ton" srw offering and the 3500 was drw. Chevy did not even offer a srw 3500 until 2004 or 2005. That's why a 2500HD shares almost every power train and suspension component with it's 1 ton dually brother. The 2500HD has been the most popular 8-lug truck ever offered when combining GMC & Chevy (split up ford is number 1 in sales).
