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Open Roads Forum  >  Fifth-Wheels  > Silverado 3500 This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  kgh • View posts Wake Forest, NC Senior Member Joined: 10/20/2003 View Profile Posted: 10/30/03 02:48pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator OOPs accidentally put this in c class topic. I'm looking at buying the following truck and trading my c class on a fiver: 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500 LT Crew Cab 8.1 liter 8 Cyl. Fuel Injected Automatic Here's the truck I'm looking at. I will be getting around a 31 foot trailer, perhaps the Wildcat 29rlks. Anyone know the GVWR on this truck? Dealer says its about the same as the new ones 11400. Any reason I shouldn't buy it? I know its only 4x2. It only has 10000 miles. What else should I need on it or look for? I'm going to check it out on the weekend. Thanks. Ken Carpe Diem * This post was edited 10/30/03 03:20pm by kgh * Ken Carpe Diem Birchcrossing • View posts Clinton, Iowa, USA Full Member Joined: 02/25/2003 View Profile Offline Posted: 10/30/03 03:00pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Looks like a great fiver hauler for you... My 2500HD does a fine job and its right at its weight limits. Gary & Mic 2004 Silverado LT 2500HD 4X4 Extended Cab D/A 2003 Cedar Creek Custom 36RLTS TrailAir Pin Box. Terry Drauden • View posts Blackduck MN USA New Member Joined: 10/30/2003 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Offline Posted: 10/30/03 03:25pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Does anyone have a v 10 in a dodge are you happy with it pulling a large 5th wheel? Terry Terry Drauden bluenote • View posts Michigan Senior Member Joined: 10/15/2001 View Profile Offline Posted: 10/30/03 03:31pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator That truck should pull anything right around 30 feet with relative ease. You'll love the power, and the Allison tranny! Good Luck!!! 2001 Silverado 2500HD LS CC/SB Duramax/Allison Indigo Blue 2004 Cedar Creek 31LBHBS 5er Our Team Rallies Attended: 3½ Washboy • View posts Denver, CO Senior Member Joined: 07/10/2003 View Profile Offline Posted: 10/30/03 03:37pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Excerpt from a similar topic in Tow Vehicles Forum The BIG difference in the 2 trucks is GVWR: 2500HD = 9,200 GVWR 3500 = 11,400 GVWR My dually weighs 7,320 lbs. ready to travel. This leaves me 4,080 lbs. of available capacity. My prior truck was a 2500HD, weighing in at 6,951 lbs. That left me with only 2,249 lbs of available cargo capacity. My coach's ready to travel pin weight is 2,600 lbs...too much for the 2500HD. My 2500 had the 8.1 and was a horse...plenty of power. Only thing I didn't like was watching the fuel gauge move rapidly towards empty. Having to refuel every 150 miles while towing was a potential PITA...It only had a 24 gallon tank! The dually you're looking at has a 35 gallon tank (approx) so you should be able to get 275 - 280 miles of range when towing. Your truck will probably be a bit lighter than mine...gasser vs. diesel...crew cab vs. extended cab...2x4 vs. 4x4. Your remaining cargo capacity will therefore be higher. Good luck with your checkout, sounds like you might have found a great truck. "If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." 2003 GMC Sierra SLT ExtCab 3500 D/A 4X4 2003 Carriage Cameo LXI F34CK3 mn5thwhl • View posts Rochester NY Senior Member Joined: 07/27/2003 View Profile Offline Posted: 10/31/03 10:46am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator That's an impressive number of miles on a 2 year old truck. 10k is great. I would preferr the diesel for numerous reasons, but that truck is very capable and should suite you quite well. If the price is right go for it. Just make sure you get the right hitch and brake controler. You may want to look and see if it has the trailer package and wiring harness between the bed and cab. That would be nice, but not a show stopper. Also you can take the VIN number to a chevy dealer and get it checked for what work has been done to date. Try to get as much history as possible on maintenance and type of driving done. This can help you understand if it has been babied or abused, granted those trucks can take some serious abuse. As soon as you get it, change all fluids from rear diff to tranny to engine oil. Good luck 04 Keystone Cougar 2811 EFS - 32ft 6 inches 06 GMC Siera 2500 C/C Dmax/Allison 4x4,48G Aux tank 99 SAAB 9-3 68 Mustang Coupe 289, Holley 4bbl 06 Suzuki Vstrom tgitfiddl • View posts Powhatan, Virginia New Member Joined: 07/14/2003 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/03/03 06:24am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator You won't have any problem pulling that trailer with that truck. I have a truck real similar to that one (see sig.). It's a horse. Troy 2002 Chevy 3500 8.1L Allison, Advanced Air Hitch, Prodigy, 50gal Transferflow 2004 Cedar Creek 362BBS MegaDodge • View posts Ontario, Canada Senior Member Joined: 11/10/2003 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Offline Posted: 11/10/03 09:46pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Don't like to burst your bubble but you should really consider buying a deisel engine. The fuel economy is much better...it will pull mountain grades like a locomotive and when you are hauling big loads you should have a manual transmission. Auto trannys are like tires and batteries. They are disposable and will not last. Now I know you are saying,"Who wants to be shifting gears all the time." Well after a little while you will love it and the new manuals shift beautifully. My brother is an engine and transmission rebuilder and he tells me it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that in a manual tranny, one steel gear meshes with another steel gear running 100% of the time in lubricant. whereas, with the friction surfaces interacting within an automatic transmissionyou can easily figure out which one has the finite life. I have a Cummins TD 24 valves, with an NV4500 heavy duty manual trans. in a 3500 (1ton) and I will admit it's a little daunting at first. The diesel lugs so hard that you just let out the clutch....in 2nd gear when empty then accelerate. If you accelerate first then let out the clutch, it won't be long before you smoke the clutch but unless you can't drive AT ALL it is easy. Of course you always use 1st gear when pulling a load. The manual also give you about 20 more horsepower. Trust me, you'll be glad you have a stick shift once you get one, and when you're hauling up a mountain on an 8 or 9 percent grade for ten miles or so, like I did this summer, you'll have a warm and tingly feeling knowing you don't have a slush-a-matic down there. MegaDodge Dodge CTD 1 ton. 5 speed. 2003 Everest 323P 5th wheel 13000 pounds ready to roll. . "An honest man is the guy who does the right thing when nobody's looking" onebigcanuck • View posts Calgary, AB. Canada Full Member Joined: 12/10/2001 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/11/03 05:13pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I've had 2 Duramax deisels, a 2001, GMC 2500, and now a 2003, GMC 3500, both with the Allison. If you plan on towing any distances over about 200 miles, the 8.1 will be out of gas. I get 14 MPG (Can.) average with my unit, the all up weight (CGVW) is 21,400 lbs. Hope this helps. Bill,Di & the girls, Sophie & Abby 2003 GMC 3500 D/A & 2008 Everest 348R This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Open Roads Forum  >  Fifth-Wheels  > Silverado 3500

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