BuckWallace

With the gasser you're pretty much good to go with any travel trailer 10k or less GVWR. You'll be hard-pressed to find something that size that'll put you over payload. Even over that you're gonna be fine with most bumper pulls, but pay attention to tongue/pin weight. Depending on how far and often you tow you might be getting into diesel territory as far as how pleasant of a towing experience you want.

Mine makes the same noise on cold starts. I'm pretty sensitive to weird noises (check out my post history ), but I assumed this was just normal.

I'm confused on the 10 qts—the L8T takes 8 (7.9, actually) quarts with an oil/filter change.

Gotta say the Silverado wins in the exterior looks department, in my opinion.

I have about 27k on my 2024 with the L8T and 10sp and haven't had any issues so far.

This happened to me with my gasser on the 2nd "free" oil change. Stupidly I never checked the dipstick and when I changed the oil next myself I drained out 10 quarts (Duramax spec). I, too, thought they put the wrong oil in so I sent a sample in to Blackstone, but luckily they confirmed it was 5W-30. I'm assuming the oil change "tech" saw an HD truck and just did the "standard" 10 quarts.

What gives you the impression it's not a reliable engine? Honest question.

Other than the ride comfort and fuel mileage I don't think you'll regret your 2500! If you're on level ground doing ~60 you can definitely get 17, but anything over 65 and the mpg suffers. I'm definitely jealous of your $3/gallon. Here in Oregon it's $4.70 at Costco (generally the cheapest for top tier)—I put in 28 gallons today and it cost me over $130...

Yes.

I have this one as well—works great.

The only concern might be the pin weight on that 5th wheel. Some 2500s don't have a very high max pin weight, so that could be the limiting factor. Also, your L8T can handle the overall GVWR, but if you're towing that much very frequently your quality of life (towing) would be much more pleasant with a diesel. Good luck with whatever you choose!

Was this created by GM?! Just kidding, but this is interesting. I change my oil every 5k miles or 6 months (I don't put a ton of miles on my truck), and I hadn't had any noticeable consumption on my 2024 L8T until this last oil change at a little under 25k miles. This OCI was about 4500 miles and I lost about 1/2-3/4 of a quart, so well within this "normal" consumption range. I was a little bummed to see that much gone since I hadn't noticed any loss before, but I'm not going to worry too much about it.

Even with the hit on selling/trading in, you're almost certainly better off just doing that and buying a dually.

I would think the reaction gearset noise (which is what I believe the noise I'm referring to is) shouldn't be heard in park. Only in the gears mentioned in the TSB.

Yes, the new one is definitely shaking way less.