help me show tha chevy guy up!!!!
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help me show tha chevy guy up!!!!
my boss was just telling me his story about this weekend when he had to tow a sailboat from juction tx(didnt know there was water there.. lol jk)... he drives a 2006 chevy silverado... the boats wieght was around 2300lbs... he said he couldnt get his truck to go over 45mph... i personaly have never towed that much wieght but im hoping somebody has and can tell me how a ford would handle that so i can give him a hard time bout his chevy... he always gets me cause im a ford man.... help me out here!!!!
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I can tow a 5x8 enclosed trailer packed to the gills plus a full load in the bed up to the rails with my little ole V6 and cruise at 75 mph till I hit hills, then it's down to 4th gear and 60-65. However........gas mileage doing that is about 14, keeping it below 65 with no hills gets 17.
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Originally Posted by mSaLL150
23,000??!? even most 3500 diesel pickups will have stress towing that much...
I'm no Chevy fan, but the math ain't workin'.
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While I do not recommend it. I personally have hauled 2300 lbs of sand in the back of my truck( long story) and while I did not get above 60 I had no problems picking up speed to merge into interstate traffic. so brag all you want if his chevy is that bad pull his **** around the parking lot at work
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Hmm... I don't get it... my v6 pulled a 6000# boat ok. Totally awesome actually for a 1/2 ton truck with a boat that weighed more than the truck and the tranny was designed for.
I've hauled 2400# of topsoil in my '07 and the only difference I noticed was the rear end acting weird from the weight... which is expected on any F150 (except maybe the 7700# payload)... but acceleration wise, not enough to really care/notice. Which FYI I did get up to around 60 mph... since the speed limit was 55 mph... and if something came flying out in the road and I hit it, my butt would be grass.
I've hauled 2400# of topsoil in my '07 and the only difference I noticed was the rear end acting weird from the weight... which is expected on any F150 (except maybe the 7700# payload)... but acceleration wise, not enough to really care/notice. Which FYI I did get up to around 60 mph... since the speed limit was 55 mph... and if something came flying out in the road and I hit it, my butt would be grass.
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Originally Posted by ManualF150
I've hauled 2400# of topsoil in my '07 and the only difference I noticed was the rear end acting weird from the weight... which is expected on any F150
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