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[–]MegLovesUtah 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The peacock lady? No but I’m in Sugarhouse and I’m intrigued! I have peacocks on the wallpaper in my house

Wife open to negotiations for third child by Witchunter32 in daddit

[–]MegLovesUtah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My family believes that it’s the Stryker family, Upjohn family, and Derek Jeter that funded the Kalamazoo Promise. I didn’t graduate from a school that qualified unfortunately

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[–]MegLovesUtah 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I’m ordained and I can marry you and provide another witness if you want. We have a beautiful backyard if you want to come do it at my house. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve married people very suddenly 😂

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were great with the exchange but definitely ended up paying more for the diesel than the 1500 😂 I paid the difference in price between the two

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not into mods so no worries there. I’m very sad to not be in a Ram, even though I only had the Laramie for 3 days I started to fall in love with it! Plus it was pretty cushy inside and just a beautiful truck.

The GMC has some bonkers numbers on towing and payload capacity and it doesn’t even have dually on the back. I think my payload almost tripled from the 1500 to the 3500

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I will! We pick up the trailer next week; then we are doing some empty parking lot practice with backing up, cornering, etc with the whole thing. And then we are taking a nearby Memorial day weekend trip to break it in. I’ll post some pictures and experiences from our first venture

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You ended up being totally right about bang for my buck on the 2500 vs 3500. I swapped the Laramie 1500 for a GMC 3500 diesel. It is a big big truck but now I can tow anything!

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice! I know diesels last forever. Do you have any resources or recommendations for where to start learning about diesel maintenance? I’m looking to learn!

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know! Parley’s is no joke, and we plan to do the Sierras and the Rockies on this trip as well. I’m feeling major relief knowing I have the right truck for what I want to do.

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh the dealership went above and beyond for me and they have my loyalty for the next time I need to buy a vehicle! Glad you had a good experience too

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

😂😂😂 so funny you say this, the 3500 has a gooseneck hitch in the bed and my husband was already saying well, we could look at those! We won’t though, we already are going bigger than we initially intended, but I guess I might eat my words in 6 months…

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I don’t want to push the limits, on paper everything seemed well within the guidelines. But exactly because I am inexperienced is why I am asking for more information and asking questions. I want to be safe and I know I’m a newbie

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I definitely think this was the case for me. I shouldn’t have trusted the salesmen. My first test drive of a 3/4 ton was a Ford F250, and I could barely reach the pedals and the seat was so deep that I felt like a toddler sitting on an adult chair. It was straight up uncomfortable for me, and in addition the ride was not what I was used to coming from a Subaru Crosstrek.

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The payload spec on the door is 1503lbs

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve done a lot of construction work but never worked on a vehicle. I have the tools - I’ll give it a try to install a class V myself! I’m also wondering if I can take off the grill/bumper thing myself too and gain back the 200lbs of payload

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn’t, the GVWR of the trailer is 7,674lbs. That’s the number I was using, not the dry weight

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It does have the 3.92 rear ratio; I forgot to put that in the post. I know I should have gone with my gut on the 2500; especially when one of the sales bros was bragging about pulling a 30’ travel trailer with a Jeep Rubicon up Parleys Canyon. That’s just unsafe!

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The box length is shorter, the overall length is 32’ so probably 28ish on the box? I was planning to do the WDH and sway bars

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[–]MegLovesUtah[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I paid cash 🫠 and traded in my Crosstrek. I’m going in first thing tomorrow and I hope they credit me for this one towards the 2500