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Your opinion please--2010 Chev 6.0

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Faster horses

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Some friends are looking at a 2010 Chevvy 1 ton dually 4x4.
It's a gas engine and priced $12,000 below a diesel.
This does not have the Allison transmission, and it is
automatic. It has the 6.0.

We know next to nothing about Chevorlet pickups so I
told them I would put this out on the forum because
I was sure we would get some feedback--both
the good and the bad.

They can buy the pickup for $35,000 cash. It is brand new.

So share your knowledge please, if you know anything about
this pickup, it's engine or transmission.

Thanks in advance.
 
"For 2010, the General's half-ton pickup truck lineup will no longer use the 367-hp 6.0L V-8 L76 Vortec engine, which has been effectively replaced by the 6.2L V-8 L92 Vortec with 403 hp and 415 lb-ft of torque. Although it has been dropped from the half-ton lineup, the 6.0L V-8 will continue to be used as the gasoline option for GM's heavy-duty trucks. For 2010, Silverado and Sierra half-tons will have the following engine options:


•Vortec 4.3L V-6 - 195 hp, 260 lb-ft of torque
•Flex-fuel Vortec 4.8L V-8 - 295 hp, 305 lb-ft of torque
•Flex-fuel Vortec 5.3L V-8 - 315 hp, 338 lb-ft of torque
•Flex-fuel Vortec 6.2L V-8 - 403 hp, 415 lb-ft of torque

The LFA version of the 6.0L V-8, which comes with a late-intake valve timing system and a higher compression ratio, will continue to see duty in the hybrid half-ton truck offerings: the Two-Mode Hybrid Silverado and Sierra. The LFA Vortec is also used in the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid, Chevy Tahoe Hybrid, and GMC Yukon Hybrid."
 
anything General Motors should NOT be bought.... I will only buy FORD because they did not take bail out money.

GM paid back the stimulus money, by borrowing MORE money from the govt.


no chevy for me!
 
jigs said:
anything General Motors should NOT be bought.... I will only buy FORD because they did not take bail out money.

GM paid back the stimulus money, by borrowing MORE money from the govt.


no chevy for me!
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I would rather push a ford than drive a chevy any day. :wink: But I have heard the diesel's with the Allison transmission is the only way to go. I can't even remember the last gasoline truck I have seen around these parts.
 
if your going to buy a gas truck, chevy/gmc is the only way to go. these 6.0L are some mules. Ive seen nothing but good things from these trucks.

Personally i dont care if they took bailout money or not. Going off of what ive seen on what these trucks can haul, compared to the Ford and Dodge, Chevy surpasses them in all categories. Alot of people i know have been runnin these motors for years with no problems at all.

Just remember Ford-at least they circled the problem.
 
Faster horses said:
Some friends are looking at a 2010 Chevvy 1 ton dually 4x4.
It's a gas engine and priced $12,000 below a diesel.
This does not have the Allison transmission, and it is
automatic. It has the 6.0.

We know next to nothing about Chevorlet pickups so I
told them I would put this out on the forum because
I was sure we would get some feedback--both
the good and the bad.

They can buy the pickup for $35,000 cash. It is brand new.

So share your knowledge please, if you know anything about
this pickup, it's engine or transmission.

Thanks in advance.
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Sounds like you got a good deal. I went through the same decision last year between two dealers and had a unsual pricing experience.

A chevy 6.0 gas cab 4x4 dual wheel reg cab and chassie was 42000 new from our local dealer. This dealership was closed by General motors last month and lot is empty and all empolyees are out of work.

A GMC duramax 4x4 dual wheel reg cab and chassi I purchased was 33,400 this dealership has sold GMC for 65 years. With the Diesel new.

I think they all are automatics now.

Yes the GMC was almost 10000 less WITH the Durmax in it at a smalll delaership nearby

I had a 2002 6.0 Chevy in a 2500 it is a good motor and did a good job but lost alot of power after 190000 miles on it.

The new Fords here are all V10 gas trucks in the tons. Our established Ford dealership did not order any Diesel trucks for there lot this year. starting at 50,000

The last good Dodge was the 06 model year. The newer ones are bascially junk. We had some bad experiences with 07 08 and 09 Dodges
have not even seen one of the new ones around anywhere yet.

I would say if you can find the dealership wanting your business and they know you are serious they will deal with a lot truck. I tried Ford before I bought with three salemen in the same dealership they did ot take me serious and would only come down $1000 on the sticker. I got a better truck with the GMC Durmax and saved alot of money.. Even at that they are still to darn high none get good mileage.

I found alot of good prices on used Fords and Dodges from used lots in Dallas, Ft Worth area. However they want to sell you these over the interent and you have to fly down to get it. They come down only about 100 per truck. They actually will deliver you a truck for about $1000 sight un seen What a deal lol
 
Thanks for the replies. It wasn't for us. We drive Tahoes and GMC
Yukons but have never really cared for a GM truck. For one thing,
the chassis is lower than the frame. I realize that isn't a big deal
to most people, but it is to us and where we go with pickups.

Anyhow, while we were in SD yesterday and had a little time,
we test drove a 2010 Chev 1 ton dually 4x4. It rode terrible.
Worst ride of all the trucks. Had a lot of springs tho. Seats
weren't very comfortable and the power left a lot to be desired
after driving our '06 Dodge 1-ton dually diesel.

I checked online and the 6.0's seem to be good mules,
but have terrible fuel milage. We've been extremely happy with our Dodge. It has 60,000 mostly pulling miles on it.

Then we drove a Ford 1-ton single wheel club cab Ford.
Very comfortable and we liked it. Still not as much power as the
diesel, of course. But we expected that. It was gas and has
a new motor. So time will tell on that, I guess.

Then we couldn't help ourselves. Drove a 2010 Dodge
Diesel 1-ton dually, automatic. Loved it. Rode good, looked
good, and lots of power. It was an automatic. And Mr. FH liked
it. I couldn't believe that. He's always been so emphatic about
a manual transmission. (Must be his age. :wink: ) But that is
the only reason he would think of trading this pickup in--and
he hadn't even considered that til he drove the automatic.


Interesting that there were lots of Chev diesel and Ford Powerstokes
fairly new on the lot as trade ins. Apparently Eastern Wyoming
had a heck of a hailstorm and people are bringing in thier hail
checks and trading in.

The one thing we noticed since Mr. FH always has an exhaust brake
intstalled on his rigs, they are now standard equipment. Anyway
all that we looked at had the built in exhaust brake on the diesels
and something similar on the gas engine. That is a good thing.

Again, thanks for the replies. I will pass it on.

Hay Feeder, interesting experience that you had. It does pay
to shop around. Sorry to hear about that dealership closing.
I don't understand why the government would close their
distributors. That's how you they get the units in the hands of the public.
Sad--when the dealerships did nothing wrong, or they would
not still be in business. How did American let this come to this?
BTW, I had heard that about the '07-'8-'09 Dodges before.
What were the problems with them besides fuel mileage?

One other thing, and I'm not sure this is true. The Dodge salesman
said all the other diesel pickups have this urea thing that has to do
with omissions, I think. And it costs $500 every 5000 miles to replace
it and Dodge does not have to do this. Does anyone know if this
is true? I know I am going to research it a bit.
 
Faster horses said:
Thanks for the replies. It wasn't for us. We drive Tahoes and GMC
Yukons but have never really cared for a GM truck. For one thing,
the chassis is lower than the frame. I realize that isn't a big deal
to most people, but it is to us and where we go with pickups.

Anyhow, while we were in SD yesterday and had a little time,
we test drove a 2010 Chev 1 ton dually 4x4. It rode terrible.
Worst ride of all the trucks. Had a lot of springs tho. Seats
weren't very comfortable and the power left a lot to be desired
after driving our '06 Dodge 1-ton dually diesel.

I checked online and the 6.0's seem to be good mules,
but have terrible fuel milage. We've been extremely happy with our Dodge. It has 60,000 mostly pulling miles on it.

Then we drove a Ford 1-ton single wheel club cab Ford.
Very comfortable and we liked it. Still not as much power as the
diesel, of course. But we expected that. It was gas and has
a new motor. So time will tell on that, I guess.

Then we couldn't help ourselves. Drove a 2010 Dodge
Diesel 1-ton dually, automatic. Loved it. Rode good, looked
good, and lots of power. It was an automatic. And Mr. FH liked
it. I couldn't believe that. He's always been so emphatic about
a manual transmission. (Must be his age. :wink: ) But that is
the only reason he would think of trading this pickup in--and
he hadn't even considered that til he drove the automatic.


Interesting that there were lots of Chev diesel and Ford Powerstokes
fairly new on the lot as trade ins. Apparently Eastern Wyoming
had a heck of a hailstorm and people are bringing in thier hail
checks and trading in.

The one thing we noticed since Mr. FH always has an exhaust brake
intstalled on his rigs, they are now standard equipment. Anyway
all that we looked at had the built in exhaust brake on the diesels
and something similar on the gas engine. That is a good thing.

Again, thanks for the replies. I will pass it on.

Hay Feeder, interesting experience that you had. It does pay
to shop around. Sorry to hear about that dealership closing.
I don't understand why the government would close their
distributors. That's how you they get the units in the hands of the public.
Sad--when the dealerships did nothing wrong, or they would
not still be in business. How did American let this come to this?
BTW, I had heard that about the '07-'8-'09 Dodges before.
What were the problems with them besides fuel mileage?

One other thing, and I'm not sure this is true. The Dodge salesman
said all the other diesel pickups have this urea thing that has to do
with omissions, I think. And it costs $500 every 5000 miles to replace
it and Dodge does not have to do this. Does anyone know if this
is true? I know I am going to research it a bit.
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this is true. i dont think it will be 500 every 5000, but rather an extra 50 every oil change. i have a 2009 dodge and took all the emissions stuff off of it. runs twice as good as it did before i deleted it.
 
Big Muddy rancher said:
What was the sticker price on the 2010 dually FH?

Tam just looked at one yesterday and the sticker price was $70,000 plus 10% sales tax. :shock:
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Imagine putting $70,000 in a used truck you'd run out of things to do.I thought $40,000 was way to much. I'd rather spend $2500 on a late eighties truck that gets down the road fine.It's not like I'm in a beauty contest anyhow.
 
FH I would keep your 06 Dodge with only 60000 on it.

Not trying to sell you a GMC or Chevy dually but one with a box on it and a cab and chassie to put a flat bed on have different length of rear axel. The standard box has the wider wheel base and yes is tought on your butt.
All the cab and chasi mdoles are narower wheel base and a bit easier to ride in than the standard boxes.
Everybody here buys the cab and chassi and put flat bed Dewezze , Cannonball or Bessler bale beds on tem.
 
Denny said:
Big Muddy rancher said:
What was the sticker price on the 2010 dually FH?

Tam just looked at one yesterday and the sticker price was $70,000 plus 10% sales tax. :shock:
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Imagine putting $70,000 in a used truck you'd run out of things to do.I thought $40,000 was way to much. I'd rather spend $2500 on a late eighties truck that gets down the road fine.It's not like I'm in a beauty contest anyhow.
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She was just curious not buying.WHEW :D

Ya might as well buy a car or smaller pick up for running around and buy a semi for pulling.
 
Wow. BMR. This was $46,300.

Without looking at ours, they want $23,000 difference.
However, after looking at ours they would probably
give us more. :P That would be with the regular box
on it. Mr. FH had the flatbed custom made.

Here's a picture of it. He kinda pimps his ride. :wink:

IMG_0746.jpg


I'm going to look up and see what ours is worth and not take their
word for it. This has the Aliarc (made in Canada) grill guard and
they won't qive us squat for that and it cost $1200 and won't fit
on the 2010. :cry: And we'd have to buy a gooseneck hitch :cry: too,
and they don't give them away. The 2010 does have running boards.
The only reason we are even considering this is because of the
automatic transmission--which is suprising, because he's always
been adamant about a manual transmission. This has the 6-speed
transmission.

He's really taken good care of this pickup and we thought it
would be the last one we ever had. It has navagaion and the
DVD player, which only our grandson has used. :P

Hay Feeder, I think you have the best idea.

Denny, this is his weak link. :wink:

BMR, you are absolutely right. We also had this conversation.
But we are winding down and the automatic would be nice to
pull the travel trailer. You know, the one we don't pull and
aren't taking to Alaska. :shock: :P :wink: But Mr. FH wouldn't
have just any semi, he wants one of those $100,000 trailer
pullers. And THAT is out of the question.
 
FH

You and Mr. FH can install that gooseneck hitch. I did one a couple of months ago and it took all day!! I have decided to do that on a contract basis, but I plan to charge $5,000 to do it, If I ever get a taker, I'm going to raise my price to $10,000. I must be getting old.

:lol: :lol:
 
OR, you could order a Ford F550 or equivalent Dodge. I don't think GM puts full floating rear axle on anything less than a 4500. I use a Ford F550 4X4 to deliver feed every day, and would NEVER go back to a 1 ton. And, yes, the axle on the cab/chassis models are 8" shorter/narrower than a unit with the pickup box. On a cab/chassis, the front tire splits the rear duals. Box model, the outside dual cuts it's own track, as the inside dual and the front tire are lined up the same.

Probably the best truck I ever bought was an old 7000 Ford that had had a beverage body on it.......the dealer cut the frame and welded it so I could put a 9 foot flatbed on it. It had a 3208 Cat in it.....$800 bucks back then went through the bottom end, bearings, etc., you had plenty of gears, plenty of brakes, and it would pull like a mofo AND get 14mpg doing it. If you weren't pulling a trailer, it rode so rough it would shake your fillings out, but I had a total of $8500 in it, including the truck, new bed, and engine work. Drove the bejesus out of it for 5 years and sold it for $12,000.

The 07 F250 4X4 crew cab I bought in February has the 5.4 gas burner. There was no way I could justify the minimum 3K more they were asking for diesels, and, hell, around here, sometimes diesel costs a helluva lot more than gas. I got an 07 gas burner for the price of an 02 or 03 powerstroke, and it was still $8500 below book. Yeah, it was an internet special, and I took my neighbor with me on Super Bowl Sunday down to Grand Prairie, TX, to get it. We were home by 6 on Monday night...55 degrees and raining when we left Dallas Monday morning, and at the last gas stop around 4 o'clock in Salina, it was 6 degrees. No problems with the truck, and it gets great mileage for what it is. I would recommend the folks at Century Truck and Van any day, they have plenty of inventory, and it changes all the time. I was looking for a truck for 6 months before I got this one.

New just doesn't pencil out too well anymore.
 
I hear ya on the semi for pulling-guys up here hooking $60,000 one tons to 24 foot flat decks and pulling the guts out of them. I'd say in our country it's about half or better dodge diesels then the other two split the other half.
 
I have always liked the looks of a chevy pickup,just never could get one to stay together,Ive owned 4 no luck with any of em.
good luck
 

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