I have been driving a 2023 Silverado 2500 with the 6.6 duramax. Great truck, use it to pull a 34' travel trailer. Very cumbersome when not towing and just not something I like. We decided to sell the trailer as renting it out has just become too time consuming compared to the income and lack of personal use. So no need for a 3/4 truck and I intended to trade it for a new Z-71 Tahoe. Upon arriving at the dealer they had a Colorado in the showroom. After playing in it a while I figured I'd give it a shot for a test drive. Really liked it. And then went to test drive a Frontier and Tacoma to make sure. Colorado drove better than both, and had a much much nicer interior and features. So the next day I made a deal. My trade was actually paid off so I was going to be getting a decent amount back in cash in the deal. Not bad already compared to the Tahoe.
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The truck itself has been great. The engine is a turbocharged 2.7l 4 cylinder kicking out 310hp and 430lb of torque. Not bad for the size of truck. Tow rating is 7700 pounds with the towing package. So I was curious. I still have the trailer until the end of the month and another rental with delivery due. I was going to borrow a truck to deliver it but wondered "why not see what the Colorado can do?". So I did.
Trailer is a 34' bumper pull with one slide out with a GVWR of 9600 pounds and dry weight of 6200 pounds. So with a weight distribution hitch I set it up and went to the scales to make sure I was good.
Truck actually sits level and much better than expected. Actually kind of surprised.
Was very relieved to see that I was under weight and balanced. I was able to tow the trailer 90 miles on the interstate with a 15mph cross wind and the truck did okay. Average speed was 65mph. A few moments being passed by several 18 wheelers got a little hairy, but all in all it did very well. I wouldn't say white knuckle but definitely had to be more attentive than usual. Not as good as the 2500 at all but definitely similar to the 1500 I had before that with the 3.0 duramax.
Very capable truck and I'll see how it goes going forward. But seems to be a fit. Interior is fantastic and much better than the Tacoma and Frontier I considered as well.
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Truck
The truck itself has been great. The engine is a turbocharged 2.7l 4 cylinder kicking out 310hp and 430lb of torque. Not bad for the size of truck. Tow rating is 7700 pounds with the towing package. So I was curious. I still have the trailer until the end of the month and another rental with delivery due. I was going to borrow a truck to deliver it but wondered "why not see what the Colorado can do?". So I did.
Trailer is a 34' bumper pull with one slide out with a GVWR of 9600 pounds and dry weight of 6200 pounds. So with a weight distribution hitch I set it up and went to the scales to make sure I was good.
Truck actually sits level and much better than expected. Actually kind of surprised.
Was very relieved to see that I was under weight and balanced. I was able to tow the trailer 90 miles on the interstate with a 15mph cross wind and the truck did okay. Average speed was 65mph. A few moments being passed by several 18 wheelers got a little hairy, but all in all it did very well. I wouldn't say white knuckle but definitely had to be more attentive than usual. Not as good as the 2500 at all but definitely similar to the 1500 I had before that with the 3.0 duramax.
Very capable truck and I'll see how it goes going forward. But seems to be a fit. Interior is fantastic and much better than the Tacoma and Frontier I considered as well.
