Pretty crazy when you go out and buy a new truck just to come to the TTA reunion!! :eeks: That's pretty much what happened with me! A Friend of mine bought an enclosed trailer over the winter and said I could use it to haul my TTA out to the reunion this year if I wanted. I typically borrow his open trailer to haul my GN's around. But the TTA has never been wet so she had to go enclosed to Ohio. Now that my trailer was secured my 1997 Chevy 1500 was just not enough truck to pull it. It pulled the open trailer ok at best, but there is no way she was going to make it out to Ohio pulling an enclosed trailer! 142K on it, it was getting weak.
So I took the dive and picked up a 2009 GMC Sierra SLE 2500 HD 4x4 extended cab short box. 10K on it. 6.0L 6L90E Graystone metallic. Towing and plow package. Army guy who kept getting shipped out to Iraq needed to sell it as his wife was driving it and it was too much truck for her. Well I think this truck should handle the enclosed trailer pretty good! :headbang: It's an amazing truck. I can't believe how far trucks have came over the years. Rides better then any car I own and pulls great. I went with a gasser as I didn't want to deal with the maintenance of a diesel. Plus I'll only pull the cars around a few times a year. But I figured if I'm going to take the dive I might as well get a real truck! I'll most likely keep her for a long time. I can't see myself needing any more of a truck then this. I've been reading the truck forums and the guys who own them and beat the hell out of them on a daily basis love these trucks.
So you'll see me out in Ohio with my new hauler this year! Funny part is the trailer is gray too!
And now on to some pics!!
It's even a virgin in the towing department! I'll break her cherry on the way to Ohio! Can't wait to tow with it!
So I took the dive and picked up a 2009 GMC Sierra SLE 2500 HD 4x4 extended cab short box. 10K on it. 6.0L 6L90E Graystone metallic. Towing and plow package. Army guy who kept getting shipped out to Iraq needed to sell it as his wife was driving it and it was too much truck for her. Well I think this truck should handle the enclosed trailer pretty good! :headbang: It's an amazing truck. I can't believe how far trucks have came over the years. Rides better then any car I own and pulls great. I went with a gasser as I didn't want to deal with the maintenance of a diesel. Plus I'll only pull the cars around a few times a year. But I figured if I'm going to take the dive I might as well get a real truck! I'll most likely keep her for a long time. I can't see myself needing any more of a truck then this. I've been reading the truck forums and the guys who own them and beat the hell out of them on a daily basis love these trucks.
So you'll see me out in Ohio with my new hauler this year! Funny part is the trailer is gray too!
And now on to some pics!!
It's even a virgin in the towing department! I'll break her cherry on the way to Ohio! Can't wait to tow with it!
