Silverado 1500... Enough?
Hey, y'all. I'm interested in hearing the experiences of those of you who may tow with a 2007-2013 generation Silverado 1500 with the 5.3 and 3.42 rear end. My TT has a dry weight of 4900 lbs an...
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Heelbilly wrote:lbrjet wrote:
I'm not sure why you are questioning whether a better version of the same truck that you use now would be OK or not. It will be better.
Because I'm OCD... Ha!
No, seriously, I had the current truck way longer than I had the trailer and really just wondered if stepping up to a 2500 would be worth it considering my current truck has only pulled this trailer for maybe 10,000 miles and my new one will be pulling it for hopefully well over 100k. The difference in the rear axles (3.73 vs 3.42) also made my wonder a bit, but rethinking that with the 4 speed vs 6 speed transmission does make sense.
As you all know, trucks are not cheap no matter which one you go with. Just thinking through the best one for the job.
If you are going to pull a 100K miles get the 2500.
