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Old 11-30-2017, 04:53 PM   #21
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There really isn't any such thing as a 1/2 ton as far as I can tell.

Different wants and needs. Why make a Camaro and Charger; doesn't the Corvette and Challenger cover the fast crowd? Why make a Colorado, shouldn't everyone just buy a Silverado?

Someone pulls up in a Camaro then continues to open the hood and shows you the Corvette engine, and and all the running gear and suspention that goes along with a Corvette etc. etc... most folks would ask why didn't you just buy a Corvette?
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Old 11-30-2017, 04:59 PM   #22
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Someone pulls up in a Camaro then continues to open the hood and shows you the Corvette engine, and and all the running gear and suspention that goes along with a Corvette etc. etc... most folks would ask why didn't you just buy a Corvette?
LOL! So . . . We should just have CAR and TRUCK, nothing else. No reason for variety in this world.
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Old 11-30-2017, 05:06 PM   #23
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LOL! So . . . We should just have CAR and TRUCK, nothing else. No reason for variety in this world.
Wow...I give up! That is not what I said! That is what you read into it! Sorry it had to come to this, I am going to move on now! Safe travels to you and your family & Merry Christmas!
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Old 11-30-2017, 05:07 PM   #24
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Other than "bragging rights" along the lines of, "My little one can carry as much your big one"... I can't think of much reason to build a "big, little truck".....

Possibly it's a marketing thing for those few who refuse to buy a HD truck because they ride so much worse than a half ton?? But, by the time you add all those "HD parts", who knows ????
I think there are also insurance ramifications for owning a 2500/3500. So if he can have the payload of a 2500 with the classification of a 1500, could save big on insurance costs.
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Old 11-30-2017, 05:11 PM   #25
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I think there are also insurance ramifications for owning a 2500/3500. So if he can have the payload of a 2500 with the classification of a 1500, could save big on insurance costs.

Are we sure about this? I'm thinking (not where I can check) but I do think my rates barely moved when I went from a '13 Ram 1500 to a '14 2500.
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Old 11-30-2017, 05:14 PM   #26
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Wow...I give up! That is not what I said! That is what you read into it! Sorry it had to come to this, I am going to move on now! Safe travels to you and your family & Merry Christmas!
Sorry if I am misreading. It appeared to me in both posts you were asking why not just do what you deemed acceptable.
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Old 11-30-2017, 05:38 PM   #27
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Are we sure about this? I'm thinking (not where I can check) but I do think my rates barely moved when I went from a '13 Ram 1500 to a '14 2500.
My rates actually went down when I went to the dually.

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Old 11-30-2017, 05:44 PM   #28
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My insurance rates went down when I traded the F150 for the F250 also. There are some places where registration/license plates are based on GVW so I'd guess there are some locations that would be disadvantaged by bigger (heavier) trucks, but not here.

I can say that the CAFE standards are different for trucks weighing over 8000 pounds, so along with that, there are probably different "gubmint" standards as well which would affect ownership and who pays what to whom for the privilege of owning a truck. I'm sure some of that is "weight related" as well.... That's probably why the GVW on the truck described at the beginning of this thread is 7850 pounds.....
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I'd imagine if there was some kind of a insurance cost savings, it would be short lived. The Insurance Boys are pretty sharp that way.

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Old 11-30-2017, 07:03 PM   #30
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I do think any insurance rates would be variable depending on your location. I am not sure about here, as I have not priced it- it was just a thought that popped into my head as an explanation for having a heavy payload 1500.

I do know here in NC a 2500/3500 would get you classified as a weighted vehicle, so your yearly registration fees would be significantly higher for the heavier truck.
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