5 wheel and 1500 HD
I have a 2006 chevy 1500 hd it has the 4.10 rear. I cant find specs on it with the 4.10 rear the 3.7373 has GVWR 8600, front axle 4410, rear axle 6000, payload 2838, max trailer 7,900. I thought I rem...
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mkirsch wrote:
The 1500HD *IS* a 3/4 ton truck.
A light duty 3/4 ton, but a 3/4 ton nonetheless. 8-bolt hubs (on a semi-floating axle unfortunately), 8600lb GVWR, 6084lb RAWR.
It is a far more capable truck than a 1/2 ton, but far from a "tow anything" truck.
Isn't it interesting how the manufacturers manipulate the model designation of their trucks? :W
There was a thread a couple weeks back about a Ford F450 pickup model. Caused some guys got so fired up cause Ford was "cheating and being deceptive" designating it as a 450!!
I think thread got deleted.
As I recall, this HD1500 (more truthfully--light 2500) series came out when Ford came out with the F150 crewcab "Supercrew"
GM had customers coming in wanting a 1/2 ton crewcab, didn't want no 3/4 ton; so now they could "offer" a 1/2 ton to the unknowing.. :W
Or when Ford first came out with the HD F150 with the 7 lug wheels back in I think 1997 or 98. The first version they called an F250. So we had the old style cab "true" F250 and this "imposter" F250 both available at same time. They eventually called it a HD F150.
As a salesman, trying to explain that to a customer was tricky to not look like a "lying" salesman :S
The way to do it was know your numbers on both GVW, GCWR, and all and be knowledgeable.
I know, I know... Doesn't happen much in real life. :W
So you guys who were so upset (come on out, you know who you are :B) on that F450 story, what do you think of this one?
Is/was GM cheating when they called a 3/4 ton a 1500?
Was Ford cheating when they called a HD F150 an F250?
Or is it just marketing and they can call it whatever they want?
