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11-30-2017, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by madmaxmutt
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?
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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?
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11-30-2017, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Alpine
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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LOL! So . . . We should just have CAR and TRUCK, nothing else. No reason for variety in this world.
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11-30-2017, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by madmaxmutt
LOL! So . . . We should just have CAR and TRUCK, nothing else. No reason for variety in this world.
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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!
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11-30-2017, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by JRTJH
Jeff,
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 ????
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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.
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11-30-2017, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Gegrad
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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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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11-30-2017, 05:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpine
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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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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11-30-2017, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by sourdough
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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My rates actually went down when I went to the dually.
Javi
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11-30-2017, 05:44 PM
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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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11-30-2017, 06:05 PM
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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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11-30-2017, 07:03 PM
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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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