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Zepaholic
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Jun 25, 2014

Would a Chevy 1500 HD be a good truck to tow with?

I am a newbie on here. I bought a 28 ft. 2014 Springdale travel camper & the dealer told me I would be able to haul it with my 2004 1500 silverado (5.3 with 3.42 gears). Well on the way home it was ...
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rwess
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Jun 27, 2014
I had a 2003 1500HD and it was a great truck, wished I had kept it. I also wished I had kept my Sunline Trailer. There are probably a lot of things I wished I had kept if I were to think about it.

It was a very thirsty truck. My current truck is a 2500HD 3.73 4wd with the 6.0. I just towed my 9,000 lb. camper to Destin and got 7.6 mpg.

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