Extended cab vs crewcab

[lakedubay]

I am going to purchase 2500 series Chev or GMC duramax to pull our bighorn fifth wheel soon. I have a 18k reese slider hitch, and am wondering will short box on crew cab be adequate for rig or is short box on extended cab longer, and will crew cab ride a little better then extended cab.

[APT]

hmknightnc wrote:
I would seriously suggest you rethink a 3/4 ton to pull a 36' bighorn. That thing is into 1 ton SRW for sure and more likely dually country. You'd have to run the numbers for payload but don't think a 3/4 ton will have the carrying capacity for that size FW.

My buddy had a 2003 3/4 ton 4WD extended cab Duramax/Allison when he bought a Big Horn 3685. Now he has a 2012 dually. Get a SWR3500 at least. Get the cab for however much people space you want.

[Rygar]

I've got a Ford F350 Crew cab DRW long box. It tows my 37' Montana with ease and comfortably. Also there is plenty of room for the Shelties in the back seat!

[ksss]

N-Trouble wrote:

ksss wrote:
I have owned both (GM products). Just for the record on the CC backseat. I much prefer the fold down seats of the 800 verse the fold up back seat in the 900 series trucks. I am hoping the next gen goes back to the fold down.

One of my first gripes going from an 02 to my current 2012. You can't store anything behind the back seat... Unfortunately the new trucks will still be fold up from what I have seen on the new 1/2 tons.

Did you really go from a D/A to the 6.0? I just went the other way and couldn't imagine going back.

I got the 6.0 in addition to the D/As. I needed something to runaround in and pull a decent load if needed and I didn't want to spend 50K on a diesel. It seemed silly to continue to put nontowing miles on my duramax trucks. That's a bummer on the back seat. Maybe the increase in backseat dimensions will help somewhat.

[jerem0621]

I will only own a crew cab... IMHO cab length doesn't matter for your fiver needs. That is a function of bed length.

Crew cab.. all the way.

[N-Trouble]

ksss wrote:
I have owned both (GM products). Just for the record on the CC backseat. I much prefer the fold down seats of the 800 verse the fold up back seat in the 900 series trucks. I am hoping the next gen goes back to the fold down.

One of my first gripes going from an 02 to my current 2012. You can't store anything behind the back seat... Unfortunately the new trucks will still be fold up from what I have seen on the new 1/2 tons.

Did you really go from a D/A to the 6.0? I just went the other way and couldn't imagine going back.

[N-Trouble]

THere are rumors flying around that GM is even going to drop Ext Cabs due to low sales on the 2500/3500 line when the next gen HDs hit the market next year. Only option will be standard or crew with both bed options.

[ksss]

I have owned both (GM products). The CC without a doubt has a much better resale than the extra cab. The extra room is a bonus. When I bought my 2012 2500HD I considered extra cab as its mostly a work vehicle and I wanted to keep the price down. I ran the numbers, both purchase and expected resale value. The CC pays its own way at the end of ownership. Just for the record on the CC backseat. I much prefer the fold down seats of the 800 verse the fold up back seat in the 900 series trucks. I am hoping the next gen goes back to the fold down.

[Farmerjon]

We have been getting ext cabs since 85, but our next truck will be a crew cab with a long bed.

[Roundtwo-40]

Crew cabs will generally have less towing capacity (by a small amount) of the 3 cab types. Having said that my next truck will be a CC 1 ton or I'm not even going to open the door on it, Not enough room in my supercab for kids and stuff. Happy Camping.

[blt2ski]

Get a reg cab 2500 and you wil have dang near the payload ofa dualy. At least my 2500 has 380 lbs, my dully 3500 has 4100.

I would go LB before a sb of any cab.

Marty

[chevor]

Crewcabs have better resale value, Might want to add airbags if considering a 3/4 ton

[hmknightnc]

The bed length will be the same for both trucks. The crew cab will have a longer wheel base and generally the longer wheel bases ride smoother

I would seriously suggest you rethink a 3/4 ton to pull a 36' bighorn. That thing is into 1 ton SRW for sure and more likely dually country. You'd have to run the numbers for payload but don't think a 3/4 ton will have the carrying capacity for that size FW.