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We're about to buy a travel trailer beyond the capabilities of my 1500, so today it got traded in on the new rig:

 

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I can't say enough good things about this rig. I'm really impressed.

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NICE! We were faced with similar issues, had a 35' travel trailer that we had been pulling with our 2013 GMC 1500 5.3. We will be trading for a 40' 5th wheel next year and I didn't want to worry if I had enough truck while out shopping. I just got really crazy and bought a little bigger also...3500HD SLT Duramax, CC, dually, 8' box. And we love it!

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Congrats on the new truck, that black sure is sharp.

We did the same thing ( almost ) we had a 2011 F350 Dually that we traded in on a 2016 GMC Denali 3500 SRW. Drag a 38' 5th wheel and curious to see/feel the differences.

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