1 ton dually crew cabs with the straight 6:

[C-10 simplex]

If you have a dually crew cab with the straight 6, please list the following:


1) The GVWR of the truck----should be on the door sill.

2) The GCWR (if known) and towing capacity of the truck.

3) What rear gear ratio you got.

4) What is, to the best of your ability, the mpg when unloaded and the mpg when trailering and approximate weight of the trailer. Also is the trailer open or box?


Essentially what i'm trying to do is get acceptable fuel economy when unloaded----because i want to use this for daily driving as well, or at least have the option to. But i also want decent high towing capacity. i would define decent towing capacity as the ability to tow a 5000 lbs trailer at 65 mph and not even know that the trailer is there AND be able to maintain 65 mph when going up most reasonable hills without even breaking a sweat.

Yes, i want to have my cake and eat it too. But i don't just want cake, i want extreme chocolate frosting with sprinkles on top of it AND i want to eat it in a sauna with jets.

The reason why i'm not considering diesel is because i'm not familiar with them----the pump and related paraphenalia especially. But also because i think the initial cost is too high considering i won't be doing THAT much driving.