2024 GMC Sierra 1500 | 3.0 + Max Tow | Initial Impressions 

@@TakeDeadAim That's great to hear! I just did a 615 mile road trip yesterday with a dirt bike in the back and the bars up above the roof line. Going between 70 and 80 I still managed 26.2 MPG!

Love you too, pops!

Thank you!

That's awesome! Thank you. That 250f was a sweet bike.

Thanks, brother! I'm pretty excited about the truck.

You have to give up all camera features and more if you build with the available tow mirrors. The standard mirrors give better vision with the cameras.

I'm hoping mine will due just as well. So far so good

Yeah me too, going to hookup and see squat soon.

It's really hard to argue against the 3.0! Amazing drivetrain and fuel economy. Such a pleasure to drive over long hauls.

Very nice! Do you have 4low? Also, I just installed a scangauge 3 to monitor regens. Hoping to make a vid on that soon.

​@@ThomperBeThompin yes, 4 low as well. Scangauge would be interesting. I'm really tempted to get a tuner. I'm seeing some out there with ~45hp improvement which would square it up with the 5.3 on that front with of course gobs more torque.

It regens that quickly? Have you had to do a parked regen yet?

​@@johnbaron3070I've never done a parked Regen. The first couple regens seemed to happen at about 400-450mi. But like I say, it was pretty hard to tell after that.

That's the weight of the trailer only. But, if you're pulling 11k regularly, I'd go for a heavy duty truck!

Thanks for the reply man! This would be my everyday driver but will be moving trailer about twice a month. Still On the fence. Love this truck hahaha

That is exceptional for those speeds. With these 3.73 gears, if I cruise at 65 I can get about 33-34 mpg. Not too bad! I'm sure at 85 it would drop to the mid-20s.

@@ThomperBeThompin i have the max tow as well. It’s nice but def upgrading to 2500 gas next year

@@TonkaFire2019 Those HD trucks are nice!

Hopefully not with you in it! Right?

Just saying American cars suck and that gmc Truck really does suck, but the engine is gonna blow up

Ahh, gotcha. Thank you very much for the heads up!

Sounds like you're have a major cope session because your 3rd gen Tundra sucks. Good luck with that. Keep an eye on that transmission. Sounds like the transmission is failing at a rate nearly as bad as the engine.

@@kirkdunn1379I think they ditch it because they say many customers don't ever use it, plus it allows for a greater payload capacity because of the reduction in weight. The same exact truck as this but with only 2wd has a higher payload. Not sure what you mean about the transfer case and heavier springs.

@@charlesb4267 yeah I have no idea why they went that route. Could you imagine a world where low range was as common as manual transmissions? Seems nuts to me.

@@ThomperBeThompin From my understanding there have been various buyers of these trucks that never realized the truck they bought never had a low range, they naturally "assumed" it did and no one told them different and this has been going on for a few years now, but more so with the last couple of model years is what I gather. Surprisingly Jeep and this goes back into the 1970's that with the Grand Wagoneer depending on how it was equipped may only have high range and of course its always assumed of course a "Jeep" will have low range .... well they citified them and turned them into what amounts to a four wheel drive station wagon, who would have thought. Thankfully Jeep is still making some proper geared Jeeps as per Rubicons, my brother bought one last year that has a special package on top of the Rubicon so not only the 4:1 reduction transfer case but a 4:56 diff gearing as well with heavier axles. But anyway half ton pickup trucks have become more car like all the time but that also means a better riding pickup on the whole. At least the max tow 3.0 diesel comes with a decent 3.73 and also has a fairly low first gear ratio which is far more capable than years back with a two wheel drive pickup that had a fast axle and a crappy high first gear to boot.

The Chevy LTZ package has chrome bumpers. I have a 22 refreshed one with the 3.0. I bought the LTZ instead of the high Country for that very reason as I live in a rural area also with lots of dirt roads.

@@banecox3119 I see you saw my comment about painted bumpers. I was curious assuming your truck is a 4x4, does yours have a two speed transfer case and also what differential ratio did it come equipped with. And yes this goes back to my original comment about how GM has currently forced a buyer to buy a high country or denali if they want a two speed transfer case and the max tow option with the lower diff gearing.

@@charlesb4267 Yes, it has the 2 speed transfer with the auto4wd, if you get the off road package, the 2 speed comes with it. Z71 on chevy, not sure what GMC calls it. Mine is a 3.23 rear, I do not have the heavy tow package, don't need it, mine is rated at 9300 towing.

The 3.0 Duramax is built in Michigan. It's the exact same engine as the 3.0L diesel engine BMW puts in many of their vehicles (BMW B57). The engine design has been around for decades.

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