With all the travelling in front of us we opted for a serious towing vehicle \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00c2\u00be ton to handle rough roads safely and a diesel to tow 7500 pounds up the big passes. We opted for the Chevrolet because they are quieter, have a more reliable engine in the model year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s we were looking in, and were backed by the infamous Allison transmission.\u00c2\u00a0 In all honesty we would have been fine with the Ford \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the \u00c2\u00be ton diesel inventory in Ventura is lacking, so we bought what we could find in three days time. Diesels have a 100,000 mile warranty, and most Ford for sale were 99 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 102k, one was even 99,995 miles. Why is everyone dumping the Ford just as the warranty expires? We didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to find out.<\/p>\n
Anyway. We bought a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD LT, which has all the nifty amenities like leather, power everything, heated seats, etc. It has 72,000 miles, young for a diesel, and plenty of time left on the warranty to fix any issues that arise from constant towing.<\/p>\n
One million \u00e2\u20ac\u0153thank you\u00e2\u20ac\u009ds to my long time friend and mechanic Dylan Wilcox who looked it over before the sale and then worked overtime to flush and replace every drop of liquid in the entire drivetrain and prep it for our journey. I give him my highest recommendation and hope you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take your car to him, too.<\/p>\n
For the gear heads:<\/p>\n
| <\/th>\n | 2007 Chevy Suburban \n1500 Z71 4×4<\/th>\n | 2004 Chevy Silverado \n1500 LT 4×2<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|
| Engine<\/td>\n | 5.3L Gas<\/td>\n | Duramax LLY 6.6L Diesel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Horsepower (hp)<\/td>\n | 320<\/td>\n | 310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Torque (ft-lbs)<\/td>\n | 340<\/td>\n | 590<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| GVWR (lbs)<\/td>\n | 7,400<\/td>\n | 9,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| GCWR (lbs)<\/td>\n | 13,000<\/td>\n | 22,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tow Capacity (lbs)<\/td>\n | 7,000<\/td>\n | 12,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With all the travelling in front of us we opted for a serious towing vehicle \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00c2\u00be ton to handle rough roads safely and a diesel to tow 7500 pounds up the big passes. We opted for the Chevrolet because they are quieter, have a more reliable engine in the model year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s we were looking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |