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Analysis of the GMC 3500 Diesel (Second Worst Truck)

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What happens here

JT and his employee discuss a 1994 GMC 3500 diesel truck. They label this truck as the 'second worst' they have owned due to its significant lack of power. JT recounts specific situations where, when pulling a trailer loaded with a skid steer, the truck struggled immensely to climb hills, particularly on the freeway. He describes having to gain as much speed as possible on downhill sections to maintain momentum for the subsequent uphill climbs, highlighting the truck's 'gutless' performance under load. This section illustrates the importance of sufficient power for heavy-duty applications.

Goal: Understand the performance and limitations of the 1994 GMC 3500 diesel for heavy hauling.

Tools and materials

  • 1994 GMC 3500 Diesel GMC — Example of a poorly performing work truck for heavy hauling
  • Dump box — Bed attachment mentioned to be on the truck
  • Skid steer — Heavy machinery for landscaping/snow removal, pulled by the truck
  • Snow plow — Attachment used for snow removal with the truck
  • Trailer — Transporting heavy equipment

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worst truck I ever had that's the GMC everything was uh at a dump box on it yeah a little dump box it was a 3500 it was a diesel but I don't think the turbo worked very good on it I can't remember long exactly it worked yeah in that truck and when we pulled the trailer I really put a skid loader on it yeah and tried to pull the trailer up a hill what is actually down on 35w I used to we used to snow plow down there but you have the snow plow on there's a little bit of sand in the back of the box there and then the skid steer on a trailer so I get that it'd be at the be at the top of the hill and I'd done it I'd get going as fast as I could down the hill because the the next set of hills was you know it was just a long climb so by time you get you'd be in the freeway and you'd be about 3/4 of the way up the hill and you look at your speedometer and you're going about 30 and you're like come on all right so that GMC wasn't actually the worst truck we've ever had it was the most gutless truck that we've ever experienced but not worse because it kept at least chugging along albeit it couldn't pull a trailer up a hill like the one you see behind me not this one here but the steeper Hill and that doesn't make it the worst the award for the worst truck we've ever had

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