We are looking for a new truck to tow our 30 foot travel trailer. The loaded weight of the trailer is near 8000 pounds. Wondering what kind of truck you have and what mileage you get while towing and empty on the highway, What gears do you have? WE live in Louisiana where it is flat, but we are retired so the truck and trailer will see a lot of mountains and will be go to Alaska next summer,
Today the wife and I bought our new truck. We looked at all brand with a open mind and compared all the different options. Our first stop was the Chevy dealer and my wife found her the perfect truck LTZ 4WD Duramax very loaded and the dealer was ready to deal. So after a while we went to the Ram dealer if for no other reason just to check our Chevy deal. We found a Ram Big Horn which would have been a great choice. Anyway the Ram dealer just couldn't match the Chevys deal. There was $4500 different on equal trucks. We check the Ford dealer but didn't like any thing in stock and I didn't want to wait on a transfer. On the way home driving 60 MPH we got 24.1 MPG.
BTW the Ram dealer didn't recommend the ECO Diesel if we are going to be towing a our trailer lot
Thanks for all the opinions and information.
