My truck, Although I love it is only a 2 wheel drive !!

Almost useless come the great white north'* winter months..

I need something can throw a plow onto and just don't feel like adding 2000LBS of weight to the *** of her.


My Truck 2002 Silverado 2500HD 200,000 kms


What I am looking at

2003 FORD F-250 LARIAT QUAD CAB



2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 KING CAB



And finally

2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500




I am leaning towards one of the Dually'*, Means a higher towing capacity. The other thing I am thinking is if I can pick one up for 10,000.00 I have a friend that wants to trade me for his 03 3500HD Crew Cab Dually with a under the bed wheel lift...




He kinda wants my truck, but I have way to much into it right now. Exhaust, Headers, Tune, Intercooler.. All the go as fast as you can parts lol

From what I've heard and seen, Duallys suck in the winter. I'd go with the Ford, but that'* just me

Dodge fan here, with a 94 3500 Dually with the Cummins diesel. Works like a mule, I drive and load it like I hate it, and the engine purrs with new injector pump. Only part I've replaced in 150k miles. I won't brag further. But take a look around you as you drive and see what brands are still around in good shape after 15+ years. My 88 Ford 4X4 literally fell apart by '03. Puarked it in a side yard and it collapsed piece at a time. LOL. Total rustbucket throughout. Engine and entire drivetrain shot @188k miles.

Dually'* suck in the winter. They even suck in wet grass without a load. But our winters here allow me to leave my chains on through the season and with weight in the back it'* unstoppable. (I fill the front half of the bed with 4 gallon kitty litter buckets come freeze time and fill them with water) For hauling capacity and stabity while driving, a dually can't be beat. It tows my 32 foot Pontoon Boat like it was nothing. If plowing is you only concern/duty for the truck, I'd go 2500 4x4. Neighbor has a GM 2500HD he has great luck with in the plowing dept. But I've used it to take the boat for service and what a difference in steering vs the dually.

Plowing won't be the only use. I routinely haul 12000 lbs plus the other day I moved with trailer 22000 with my 2500HD
Pulling wasn't an issue stability and stopping was haha.

I have a window to stay in here 2000-2004

Yes I like the dodge not for looks but power! But reliability isn't there imo
Parts are crazy !! How much was your pump lol

And I'm a chevy guy. I like my duramax !!!

* if i were you id go for one of the chevys lol thats me or a ram

My partner had more money than me in our ventures and chose Ram. I ended up with it.. I prolly would have went Duramax, but now after owning a straight 6 Cummins, I got nothing bad to say about it. The injector pump cost me $1800 wholesale from Cummins via a Cummins tech that got me their jobber price. It retails for $2600, and RockAuto wanted $2150. It was the only thing that has failed on the engine. The Tech when taking it apart found the lobes flattened and blamed it on me for not using a lubricant additive after sulfur was removed from diesel. I redid the front end/shocks/brakes~rotors~hubs/seals a little over a year ago and they were all very reasonable from RockAuto. For me its a great thing this truck series lasted for so long. For the price of a dually, especially one with optioned out SLT option package or equivalent and heavy tow rating; I'll be keeping this one well maintained for some time to come.

Ya, big diff in stability having the duals.

X2! I'd go with the Ford.

Kinda funny, we're on a GM forum, and recommending a Ford.

Looks intently while twirling my BAN STICK......ROFL!!!!!

agreed lol