You guys are at altitude and deal with mountain passes regularly. My commute is 75% stop and go and I average 14-15 in my truck with a little lift and larger tires. On long highway trips I'll hit 19. My neighbor has 275k on a 05 Z71 Tahoe he bought new and he gets 22 on road trips loaded keeping...
What kind of roads/trails are you looking to tackle? Towing? Hauling a huge amount? Yea, a 2500 is cool, but 12 mpg isn't. A 1500 with with a little budget boost and 33s will kiss 20 MPG highway; and 1500s have a pretty high payload relative to everything else people load out on these forums...
The cladded avalanche front end is specific to only the avalanche (the non cladded models were the same as the cateye silverados) but everything should still swap over and will be pretty unique nonetheless.
Wanted to share this one, that's the wiring harness that sits above the transfer case.
Last winter I was getting 'service 4wd' messages. Read the code, changed the transfer case solenoid thing. No more codes. Came back a couple weeks ago, intermittently. Checked the switch with an ohm meter...
D1 was my first Rover, even though I wanted a 2. I was back and forth a bit but I'm happy I went with the D1 instead, but sad I got rid of it. Bad timing when the head gasket let go.
I daily an extended cab 800 and will be upgrading to something else when kids come along. Not enough room back there for a car seat and the dog. It's wide, but it's tight back there. I'm 6' and my wife is 5' 9"; so YMMV w shorter people in the cab. For just two people and a dog, it's a fantastic...
Been there, done that.
Run whatcha brung. You don't need tons and 37s for everything, a rock stack here and there isn't anything to be ashamed of if you can accomplish your goal.
:rolleyes:
You can do any of the famous passes in Colorado, and most "4wd required" trails in the country with ANY 4x4 with low range on 33" all terrains. I don't think this guy needs to be able to drop down Indy or run upper Helldorado in his ski-venture truck.
Blah blah blah. The 99+ electronic 4wd system is pretty simple and reliable. Three things go wrong with it:
-The transfer case motor thing is the most expensive and time consuming to replace. You can buy the whole assembly for ~$250 and swap it, or put new guts and reseal what's in there for...
If you're on a budget, go domestic. The two passes you mentioned are just that, passes. Not serious off road trails. A 99-06 Tahoe with a torsion bar crank and 33s will do everything you ask for cheap and half the miles of a Toyota. Not much bigger than a 1st gen Tundra width wise, but shorter...
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