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    Quote Originally Posted by FT4NOW View Post
    Any idea what the payload capacity is on your friend's Silverado? Just curious, since the diesel engine would be heavier, and it's still a half ton truck. I'd love a truck that got close to 40mpg empty, but it's obviously going to be very limited on what it can tow.
    He says it's towing 9,000-10,000 lbs., so it doesn't appear to be extremely limited. But I do question towing 10,000 lb. in Colorado and getting 20+ mpg. Maybe that's going by the lie-o-meter. But even then...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoopy Frood View Post
    He says it's towing 9,000-10,000 lbs., so it doesn't appear to be extremely limited. But I do question towing 10,000 lb. in Colorado and getting 20+ mpg. Maybe that's going by the lie-o-meter. But even then...
    Seems a tad high based on what I've read about this powertrain.
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    Quote Originally Posted by COGrandDes View Post
    Your critical posts are always intriguing to me. How would you know what my friends are getting for fuel economy when towing? Do you have the mini-D-Max truck and combo that they have? And I have driven all my diesel trucks 6K miles per year and as I mechanic and car nut....it's fine! MY new 2022 GMC Sierra is one year old this month and it's got 6500 miles on it. What is the so-called issue with 6K miles per year? I would love to hear.
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    Quote Originally Posted by uwskier View Post
    Seems a tad high based on what I've read about this powertrain.
    Plus 9-10 lbs would have him way over capacity unless it is a low deck trailer hauling construction materials
    Not a high wall travel trailer
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    Quote Originally Posted by COGrandDes View Post
    My friend has a new Chevy Silverado RST 1500 with the mini Duramax and is regularly towing 9-10K lbs in CO and it runs and works amazing. The truck is getting over 40 MPG empty and in the high 20s towing.
    Just for reference, the EPA rating on that truck is 31 mpg highway for 2wd and 26 mpg highway for 4wd - both empty. And we know the EPA rating are alway low, right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by FT4NOW View Post
    Any idea what the payload capacity is on your friend's Silverado? Just curious, since the diesel engine would be heavier, and it's still a half ton truck. I'd love a truck that got close to 40mpg empty, but it's obviously going to be very limited on what it can tow.
    Good question. I will see if one of the guys can send me the sticker from the door.....I would like to know as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NB Canada View Post
    Worked for GM for 20 plus years
    Okkkkk......and how does that make you an authority on diesel engines? Did I miss something? Were you a powertrain engineer, test technician, or an assembler? I worked for GM/Delphi Engineering too so did allot of my friends. I also was the lead mechanic for GMC, Cadillac, and Pontiac.....but that's irrelevant if we are talking diesels and why 6K miles is not enough. The worst thing for diesels is short tripping them...I have never heard of a min mileage requirement for them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NB Canada View Post
    Plus 9-10 lbs would have him way over capacity unless it is a low deck trailer hauling construction materials
    Not a high wall travel trailer
    I didn't say the Travel Trailer was 9-10K lbs....I think that is more like 5-6K...it's a Lance twin axle maybe like 21'. The race trailer/car hauler is not enclosed and is prob like 22' with a 3500 lb car on it plus some tools.... It's an open car hauler..... and he makes consistent trips from CO to UT with it..... He is part of the Street Outlaws racing circuit.
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    Can someone make sense of this? GM has put sticker on the door jam of the new trucks that state payload but also states max Trailer Weight and Max Tongue Weight. On the sticker below it has 1911 payload which normally I would say it would enough for 1200 pound tongue weight just watch how much stuff you carry in your truck. But the sticker clearly states Max Tongue Weight of 950 pounds. Anyone know why it's the low. It also states that 9500 pound trailer and 950 tongue weight is just 10% of 9500 pounds. To say within the 950 pound trailer tongue weight and have a 12.5% tongue weight you limited to RV around 7600 pounds max. ?????????

    What the sticker say on the OP truck state?
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    Quote Originally Posted by CWSWine View Post
    Can someone make sense of this? GM has put sticker on the door jam of the new trucks that state payload but also states max Trailer Weight and Max Tongue Weight. On the sticker below it has 1911 payload which normally I would say it would enough for 1200 pound tongue weight just watch how much stuff you carry in your truck. But the sticker clearly states Max Tongue Weight of 950 pounds. Anyone know why it's the low. It also states that 9500 pound trailer and 950 tongue weight is just 10% of 9500 pounds. To say within the 950 pound trailer tongue weight and have a 12.5% tongue weight you limited to RV around 7600 pounds max. ?????????

    What the sticker say on the OP truck state?
    The industry has always used 10 percent. I don’t look at TW ratings. If it fits payload and rear axle it is good to go

    The manufacturers base all of the tow ratings on a boat or low deck
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