Sydwayz

I've just configured fully loaded Ram Laramie Long Horn 2500 (coil spring suspension), Ford F350 Platinum SRW, and GMC Denali 3500 SRW...
...on each of their websites.

All 2017s
All Crew Cabs
All Long Beds
All Diesels
All Automatics
All heavily optioned; with the cheapest wheel/tire packages (because I plan to lift and upgrade)

GMC: $71,340 MSRP
............................................. (Factory reduction of $4,937 not applied---> takes it to $66,403)
Ford: $78,795 MSRP
............................................. ($500 published incentive not applied---> takes it to $78,295)
Ram: $67,685 MSRP
............................................. (Limited would have probably raised the price $3000 or so; but I hate a black interior which is all they come with.)

It seems as though the Ram trucks are pretty good deals on paper. If you can negotiate off the sticker like GM is empowering buyers to do, that's going to take it down closer to $60K if you are good and pending on the truck you choose.

If I was buying tomorrow based purely on what I see above, it would be the Denali 3500.

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COOPS

My sales friends will hate me for saying this but truecar.com is your best bet for knowing what a dealer will sell it for. I did it when I bought mine. Found the truck in Indiana. Walked into my local dealer that I have delt with in the past and asked if they would get it and sell to me at the his price. ....ten minutes later the deal was done. It took them a day to get it but all went perfect.

Truecar you build your truck and like lending tree dealers will fight for your business....those that are truecar dealers.

sprsptr

For cryin' out loud - Somebody Buy something ! Then we can all tell you what a mistake you made.

Quinlan

Sydwayz has some pretty good info on pricing.

I have an 07 Classic LBZ Chevy LB CC SRW 4x4 3500
Pulls and STOPS my Cig just fine. Love the truck. Never regretted getting the SRW. The new ones are Very Nice too. Yes, parking can be a challenge sometimes but I just take up 4 spots

sprsptr

Hey Quinlan, How about draggin' that Portifino around, that would be something to brag about! Agreed, for local work SRW Is what I use too, but I am most comfortable with the dually for big miles. ( S. Carolina to NH for the first tow.) I have noticed a significant difference between towing the 38' and the 42', with the driveguard trailer under the Tiger she runs almost 50' long and loaded up with fuel etc. she is about 16K lbs. rolling down the highway. My long bed quad cab F-350 rides like a Caddy and runs 70 - 75 with great stability and 14 + mpg. About 30 years ago, I dropped a brand new 26' Nova on the highway when towing with a Blazer, never want to repeat that performance.

Bajajay98

GMC 2500hd, crew cab 6.0 gas 6spd is the way to go. Toes anything and honestly your not looking to do 100mph lol pulls my gooseneck and my boat all day long in PA and NY state mountains.

Sydwayz

I'm going SRW with my next truck. I sold my 37 AT, so I don't have that 13,000 lbs. to drag around anymore. And I don't anticipate having anything that weighs more than that in the future. I do feel as though you can properly equip the newer 2011-ish and up SRW 1-tons to tow the average 38-foot something. ALL of the trucks need wider contact patches, but the brakes, frames, and tow packages have come a long way in the last 5-6 years or so.

If I was going to have a truck PURELY for towing (as I do now), I would absolutely have a 1-ton dually or bigger. But I'll likely sell my Ford dually and my 2500HD Che-bro-let.

sprsptr

Never say never Sydwayz, How about a Portifino?

Sydwayz

If it comes with a Donzi ZRC tossed in for free; I'm down!

RollWithIt

The fact that my trucks are daily drivers kinda negates the dually option. If I was building a pickup as a dream towing truck, I would have a Ram 3500 Mega Cab Dually with the diesel. But, as already stated, the single rear wheel trucks tow just fine. In fact, the tow rating only goes up on duallies if they are towing a 5th wheel. In my situation, we have towed my Baja to florida and back with my 03 single rear wheel ram and it never gave us any problems. Being a triple axle trailer made a big difference I'm sure.