Fistful of dollars. . . . . . .

[phatdaddy]

strange, down here 80% of the 1500's have 5.3 and 80% of the 2500's have the 6.0 anyway if it is more of a weekend warrior and not a daily driver, the 6.0 will not let you down.(just because it'll go that fast, you don't have to drive it that fast)

[NOTHING ELSE MATTERS]

Had a 2005 2500HD with 6.0 crew cab and long bed and pulled a very heavy 26'er like was not there. I had 4.10 gears. I sold it for a suburban, big mistake. I do like the suburban, but the pick up had much better acceleration and ride.

[macojoe]

I have a 2002 Chevy 1500 with a 4.8 V8, I bought it 5 years ago with 60,000 miles on it, I now have 170,000 and the thing still runs great!

I get 14 MPG evry were I go never seems to change
Be sides tires, oil changes, breaks all I have had to do is a fuel pump and the evap system had a bad vent sencor thing, total of $800 Thats not bad for 110,000 miles!

I have a 30 foot Camper and now the 23 Sea Ox it tows just find! the rear springs were a bit light duty for the camper so I went to th bone yard and got a set out of a 2500 for $100 and spent a afternoon swaping them out, Now i have no issues at all.

I feel very comfy in this truck, but it is not a quite cab, say like the Fords. But is ok. The breaks are a bit light for this truck but as others have said before add some sloted and drilled rotors and that will take care of it. But if not towing then should not be a issue.

Over all I have nothing but good things to say about this truck and I drive them hard, just ask CB and BS!! LOL

I am also starting the look for a new truck soon and another GM will be sure to find a place in my yard!

Also I have a friend that has a GMC 1500 6 cyl 2 wheel drive and gets 20 mpg, so if 4x4 is not needed a 2 wheel drive will give you better gas.

My brother has a 2001 GMC 2500 with the 6.o and the thing is a beast! Can pull a house off the fondation, but he is like 12 or 13 mpg, he bought his new in 2001 and just past 200,000 miles with no big problems.

Ok there is my 2 cents

Good Luck

[Stinky_Hooker]

I maintain 3 6.0's where I work. All have been very good vehicles. As stated they are thirsty but very strong and very dependable in my experience.

[charlie_the_tuna]

i would like to resurrect this post to ask another question. if i go for the ford or the chevy and i pick up something with like 60 to 85 k on it, can i realistically expect to get like 200 to 250 k out of these things? my last pickup was a 1957 ford slabside with the 300/6 and 3 on the tree. it was falling apart when we junked it with over half a million on it.

[charlie_the_tuna]

and do i need 4x4 to pull a 24 up a ramp? it seems the rwd is about 3 to 5 k less.

[bradford]

Originally Posted by charlie_the_tuna

i would like to resurrect this post to ask another question. if i go for the ford or the chevy and i pick up something with like 60 to 85 k on it, can i realistically expect to get like 200 to 250 k out of these things? my last pickup was a 1957 ford slabside with the 300/6 and 3 on the tree. it was falling apart when we junked it with over half a million on it.

My 94 Gmc Sierra has 221,000. My dad's had 300,000, he had a chevy van that went 450,000 when he traded it and never had the valve covers off, A friend of mine has a 02 Gmc 2500 and does all sorts of heavy hauling working in the concrete industry and has 236,000. GM will last forever if maintained correctly. Basic repairs such as waterpumps, fuel pumps, alternator, etc. I would expect to rebuild or replace a tranny at 150-200,000 though.

[inaforty]

We have a 2001 2500HD reg cab with the 6.0 w/4.11 rear. We bought it used with 21k and it now has 33k.
It has been a good truck. I'm glad to hear that others are having good luck with the motor as we rarely use it as a daily driver. Made the mistake of letting the truck sit in the barn to much and had to turn the rotors turned and replace the rear calipers. A good friend (ex V 20 owner) and master tech for GM scolled the hell out of me for not driving the truck. Told me I was doing more harm then good letting it sit.

The truck is thirsty but it pulls our Rosborough pretty darn well. We towed the Rosborough up into the mountains of upstate NY going to Lake Champlain last summer. That is when I thought having a diesel would be nice.