re: 2026 Chevy Silverado 6.6 duramax

I vaguely remember some suburban thing? Glad my posts stick with you so well because I dont remember any particular discussion of the others.

I dont get my information from the internet. Im not sure what your credentials are. Mine are very relevant to this topic. Im going to carry on sharing my opinion with people who ask the internet for opinions on such things. If it saves one person from making the very expensive mistake of buying a diesel they dont need or wrongly perceived to be more reliable that will be a good thing.

I have a 2025 Silverado with the duramax 6.6.

It’s been a solid truck with about 30k miles on it in 2 years.

Only negatives is fuel mileage but it’s expected, also the ride on factory rancho shocks is awful.

I have a 3” level, fox 2.5 hto shocks and 37 Toyo rt trails, it rides amazing and still gets decent mileage on highway

I tow a boat on weekends and a skid steer with attachments weekly. It does great and would definitely buy again.

I have two friends with the 6.6 gas and they like them as well. One rarely tows and one tows for his lawn service. Both solid from their opinions.

If you don’t tow regularly do not buy a diesel. Just get the gasser.

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problem is you share your "opinion" as fact

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Because it usually is. Cant help that everybody else is wrong all the time

I own the 2022 Silverado 2500……love it. I tow a tractor and other stuff. Often enough to justify it….possibly…but the truck has been very enjoyable and dependable. The diesel under current conditions isn’t ideal.

You can get an F750 with a gas engine.

The maximum towing capacity of the vehicles the 6.2 was in is around 15k.

Your arse is also the payload police bitching about how all these 3/4 tons are overloaded and now you're saying it proves your point?

99% of the HD trucks will PULL well over their rated tow capacity, the problem is the engineering is not designed for that. Axle ratings, tire ratings, payload ratings, GCVR, etc. But you know all these things and think it helps prove your point. The power train is rarely the weak link.

Even at today's diesel prices the price per mile is far closer than you make it out to be between a diesel and it's gas equivalent. Do some math.

We are talking engines, not payload or GCVWR.

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now you're saying it proves your point?

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Yes. 400k+ trouble free miles of hard work is not something people get out of diesels anymore. Fleets would all be using them otherwise.

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Even at today's diesel prices the price per mile is far closer than you make it out to be between a diesel and it's gas equivalent.

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If you ignore maintenance and total cost of ownership, the diesel is only a little more expensive to operate. Roll those in and its worse. Throw in a failure of some type and it skews extreme to the gas engine.

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Do some math

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The asset management people do that, and they buy gassers. Luckily even if you dont work for a giant company with a division of people to do this, you can just look at what the newest commercial light duty vehicles around you are buying. Removing small companies who tend to do stupid stuff like buy expensive vehicles, they will be gassers.

More broad generalization.

Plenty of fleets are using diesel vehicles. All comes down to what those vehicles have to do on a day to day basis. Sure, there are fleets who don't tow heavy and their location topography is relatively flat.

Not everyone lives in Louisiana and tows a zero turn.

Apparently all you need is a 6.2 and you can basically tow anything you want anywhere you want. Super efficient too.