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Put on some new wheels, Fuel Off-road vandal 20x9 +20, with Toyo open country 295/65’s. Stock height. 

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Finally brought this girl home today. She goes in Tuesday for full tint

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This is the angle GM should have used for their marketing pictures. Looks good

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2 hours ago, JR09country said:

This is the angle GM should have used for their marketing pictures. Looks good

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I appreciate that, thanks! and I'll be sure to let GM know to hire me on their next gig lol

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There is no question GM went through all their available pictures of the new truck last year and chose the worst angle and color combo possible as the initial teaser.  Nice pic of a beautiful truck Jaime.

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22 hours ago, FirstAscent said:

Finally brought this girl home today. She goes in Tuesday for full tint

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yeah really nice bro....beautiful truck, glad it all worked out for you.....if you would have waited for the order never would have happened so good call!

 

went to a dealer today today.....salesman said 15k off MSRP but whateves….think he is full of shit, so well see how it develops....dbl cab LT 6.6 gas.....funny thing is it has tiny WT wheels on it 245's on 17's...which I thought was odd....either way still would be solid but just talk for now......also depending on my 2019 1500 trade in....

 

I absolutely love HC stock rims....these are best looking trucks hands down imo

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There is no question GM went through all their available pictures of the new truck last year and chose the worst angle and color combo possible as the initial teaser.  Nice pic of a beautiful truck Jaime.


Haha right!? And you know they spent a ton of money thinking about it.
And Thank you!
 
yeah really nice bro....beautiful truck, glad it all worked out for you.....if you would have waited for the order never would have happened so good call!
 
went to a dealer today today.....salesman said 15k off MSRP but whateves….think he is full of shit, so well see how it develops....dbl cab LT 6.6 gas.....funny thing is it has tiny WT wheels on it 245's on 17's...which I thought was odd....either way still would be solid but just talk for now......also depending on my 2019 1500 trade in....
 
I absolutely love HC stock rims....these are best looking trucks hands down imo

For sure, definitely worked out in the end, thanks.

And I’ll give you a good deal on my HC wheels haha, I already have custom wheels waiting :)
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lol, I may take you up on that if this thing works out....?

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I posted this in another thread but meant to post it here, oops.


First tow! Obviously towed it like a champ!

It was funny, I had parked on a street to drop off some truck wheels at a shop and a cop pulled up behind me.
I was thinking, oh great, what did I do wrong? (I’m a pretty good driver and don’t speed).

We chatted for about 5 min about the truck/x3 and then he said, “well thanks, I just wanted to chat” haha pretty cool guy and has some toys too.

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16 hours ago, FirstAscent said:

I posted this in another thread but meant to post it here, oops.


First tow! Obviously towed it like a champ!

It was funny, I had parked on a street to drop off some truck wheels at a shop and a cop pulled up behind me.
I was thinking, oh great, what did I do wrong? (I’m a pretty good driver and don’t speed).

We chatted for about 5 min about the truck/x3 and then he said, “well thanks, I just wanted to chat” haha pretty cool guy and has some toys too.

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Did you run out of money for a trailer?  Glad you spent your money on the truck though.

 

#iworkforGM 

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46 minutes ago, MTU Alum said:

Did you run out of money for a trailer?  Glad you spent your money on the truck though.

 

#iworkforGM 

haha right!? I have some fun plans coming and just need to be patient :) I have a toy hauler coming in a couple months then hitting to road! so I "can't" get a utility trailer in the meantime 

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12 minutes ago, FirstAscent said:

haha right!? I have some fun plans coming and just need to be patient :) I have a toy hauler coming in a couple months then hitting to road! so I "can't" get a utility trailer in the meantime 

OOOHHH what brand of Toy Hauler?!?!?  I have had a few, although I went to a regular RV trailer last year.  I love it but I do miss my big 5th wheel toy hauler.  Loading quads on a deck on the truck is a PIA compared to having them tucked away safe and dry.  

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18 minutes ago, Sniperdan said:

OOOHHH what brand of Toy Hauler?!?!?  I have had a few, although I went to a regular RV trailer last year.  I love it but I do miss my big 5th wheel toy hauler.  Loading quads on a deck on the truck is a PIA compared to having them tucked away safe and dry.  

Grand Design Momentum 381M, it's a beast! pushing dually territory but have now confirmed from about 4-5 people that I'll be good to go loaded up on capacity and pin weight. especially since I'll be using it appropriately with toys in the garage to offset the pin weight. This will be my first one! Excited to hit the road, but I guess it works out that I don't have it right now since I wouldn't be able to travel with all the crap going on haha

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5 minutes ago, FirstAscent said:

Grand Design Momentum 381M, it's a beast! pushing dually territory but have now confirmed from about 4-5 people that I'll be good to go loaded up on capacity and pin weight. especially since I'll be using it appropriately with toys in the garage to offset the pin weight. This will be my first one! Excited to hit the road, but I guess it works out that I don't have it right now since I wouldn't be able to travel with all the crap going on haha

Not to be negative, but a 381M with a SRW???  You are going to be weigh over your payload and likely GVWR...And you might push your GCWR if you load up that trailer. What is your truck's payload, etc. on the sticker?  Guessing around 3,600 in High Country trim?

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20 minutes ago, FirstAscent said:

Grand Design Momentum 381M, it's a beast! pushing dually territory but have now confirmed from about 4-5 people that I'll be good to go loaded up on capacity and pin weight. especially since I'll be using it appropriately with toys in the garage to offset the pin weight. This will be my first one! Excited to hit the road, but I guess it works out that I don't have it right now since I wouldn't be able to travel with all the crap going on haha

Nice, I really like the Momentum, it may very well be my next trailer.  This is the largest one I have owned owned so far at 38'.  I towed it with my 2500 LMM.  I was definitely running right at my max towing capacity but was actually within my payload and axle limits.  Although, one time on the way back from a hunting trip with 3 elk loaded in the box ahead of the 5th wheel, I scaled it and was 200 lbs over on the steering axle and 600 lbs over on the drive axle.  With the garage loaded up, most of the weight was on the trailer axles which kept the pinbox weight down. 

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