Impressive Indeed! Another commentator stated that 75 percent of these will not see offroads and I would have to agree as I would be in the number if I bought this truck, BUT, just having it would bring much joy knowing that having it and not needing it vs needing it and not having it would provide me a greater sense of confidence in and during my travel plans. Still, you can find all kinds of other uses for this Beast of a truck. Great job the video and mad props to GMC!
Hey Ted, been a long time but I've been binge watching therapy drives this past couple of days and you are doing amazing. Just wanted to say hi and thank you for what you've been doing. 🙏
Lived in Bozeman for almost 20 years and have been to many a secluded place on many a dirt road, so I’m going crazy trying to figure out where you guys were! Looks like Ted Turner’s ranch? Glad you had fun. That beast is right at home in MT.
Of course not! This thing costs over $100k not including dealer markups. Most of the people buying these are Mall Crawlers, Pavement Princesses, and urban wannabe Cowboy Cadillacs
Yep, the high end truck is the new American luxury sedan. Nearly every wannabe rugged guy with money in my region is in a spotless f150/250 platinum or limited
This thing seems like an absolute BEAST of a truck, and GM deserves all the plaudits coming their way. However, my (tiny) complaint is that I wish GM would outfit its full-size trucks and SUVs with a better steering wheel. The one they're using now seems kinda thin/puny given the size of the rigs it's controlling-it needs some contour and thicker hand grips.
I have this exact truck but a Denali... I don't agree, the steering wheel is perfectly sized. I just bought an F150 tremor and the steering wheel on that thing is wayyyy too thick and is honestly annoying
@@handleymacdonald5760I agree with you, I own a Ram 1500 now and the wheel is good feeling not to big it’s a happy medium between GM and Ford. I’ve always like GM and Chev using the smaller thinner wheel it just feels better in the hand and better control with it. The fords are clunky and feel old school in comparison with a wheel way to large in a modern interior.
If the specs I read are correct max hp is at just 2800rpm so shifting at 3000 makes a lot of sense. The higher part of the rev band seems to be for engine braking.
@@TedwardDrives yeah atleast that poser in the sport car won't annihlate me and my family because they drive a 10,000 lb when they blow through a red light after binge drinking at the shitty country bar
@@IvanKorsinsky yeah I sure do make sure to put my hard hat on when I drive my big lifted Chevy to my job as a grocery store manager. Gotta let the world know how blue collar and manly I am
True, in the half tom market, GMs 3.0 I6 Turbo Diesel has been holding up quite well with no known widespread problems, Inline 6 engines, whether gas or diesel is the way to go.
I live not far from you and when I visit Colorado or Texas or Montana I always wonder why I live in a place that needs signs that read “THICKLY SETTLED”
Had 2019 Silverado HD LT package, Z71, great truck, they wanted $68K plus tax for a new one, I said , it’s been real guys, so long . Bought a 2024 Tundra limited Crewmax, 6.5’ bed, paid $61K loaded truck, I’ll never go back to GM, greedy corporate bastards
I just wish these things could be SUVS as well. I dont need a pickup, I would much prefer an suv with more cargo/seating. But still have the HD frame and duramax engine to tow my boat.
Is your camera on top of your head? Is the gear shifter in front of the screen? Agreed, It is weird they don’t do the map at the steering wheel screen like the lower end models. Not quite there but nice truck.
I may have an expensive lemon. I just bought the 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 AT4X AEV Edition (Duramax) and I know its heavier than Non AEV edition. Its an amazing truck no doubt. There is bounce and at times it can get unbearable on less than perfect freeways at almost any speed and 200 of the 300 mile drive home from the dealer was not pleasant. I spent heck of a lot more, paid over 126k including tax and dealer premium. GMC tell me, after extensive tests, its normal. One or two other reviews mention this bouncing effect and perhaps its more pronounced on the AEV Edition. Being desperate, having spent so much on this new truck, since the Wrangler MTs than came with it appeared to be less than perfect, I replaced all 5 tires at 500 miles with Mickey Thomson Baja Boss (that set me back another $2661) and reduced tire pressures front and back. I have to take this on a longer drive for a test. I think its the Multimatic DSSV, either I have a defective set on mine or its something else with the leaf springs or could be anything. GMC is no help at this time. I may have blown my $$$$$$ on this one. Please give me an honest opinion about the no load ride quality of this truck.
The problem might be that it’s an HD truck. They all ride terribly, and the GM trucks ride the best of them all because of the IFS. What you’re describing sounds normal. Maybe you don’t have a lemon, maybe you were expecting it to ride like something it isn’t.
@@jayk.2276 Thanks for your response. You just reinforced what the dealer said and I may just have to live with it and get used to it. With the new Mickey Thomson Baja Boss and reduced tire pressures, I took it for a longer ride on the freeway and the problem awareness/feeling has reduced.
@@Pinebaron2011 do you have a tonneau cover on? If you’re not hauling often, it would probably help the ride quality a bunch to just have a few sand bags sitting over your rear axles in the bed. Yes I am rolling on 34in Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T on my truck as well and love them. Hope this helps a bit!
@@jayk.2276 Yes I now have the tonneau cover on, its the heavy Diamondback HD cover. I also have 8 sand bags (400 lbs) and tried them in the back in the first week but that did not help. I'm seriously thinking my issue may be defective shocks or something too tight or loose; I know very little about these new shocks. Unfortunaltely GMC are being no help and I'm left to figure this out on my own. The Mickey Thompsons with 42/45 R/F tire pressures has been somewhat effective in reducing the effect on less than perfect roads.
I have noticed in this and a Silverado HD video that the RPM does not go above 3000 when flooring. Is this common on all heavy duty truck diesel engines?
Modern trucks and suvs are so big they're like a house. im a little over 6 feet and i cant reach in the engine bay on any of these modern trucks all of which ive done an oil change on i gotta like climb into the engine bay or grab a step stool just to grab the dipstick its insane. it doesnt help that they insist on front mid mounting the motor for some reason to like its a sports car or something. meanwhile on lets say a 94 ford f150 or a 94 ram i can reach everything just fine.
@@TedwardDrives I live in NYC and most of the trucks that my neighbors have are garage queens and they drive as if the rules of the road don’t apply to them. These trucks are really nice but they tend to attract the wrong sort of buyer.
These torque numbers are getting out of hand. The manufacturers are trying to out do each other by designing the intake plenums, combustion chambers, valves, and all the other aspects of airflow to produce horsepower which comes on early, just to inflate the torque number. Yes, I admit, having torque in a truck is nice, but overdoing it for the sake of number chasing (which I feel the industry is going towards) is idiotic. This truck makes still just 475 horse, when we have cars making easy 700+. Why not bump up that horsepower which equates to more actual power to pull something instead of inflated numbers on paper? Oh yes. Our truck makes 2000 torque (at 200 rpm) but only makes 300 horsepower. This is literally where I feel these guys are going. We’ve been at this 375-450 horsepower mark for what, 15 years in trucks? I have a 2012 6.7 Cummins High Output, and guess what, it doesn’t stay at the MAX torque area when I put my foot to the floor. It jumps way up into the high RPM range to put out Maximum horsepower, because horsepower matters… in the end.
Heh? With a diesel, torque gets the job done. Typically your horsepower number will be around half that of rated torque. Remember horsepower=Torque over time. With low rpm availability, you'll NEVER see a diesel make more than half of its rated torque in horsepower.
@@life_of_riley88in Europe we do have small turbo diesel engines that make more than half torque (ft-lbs) in horsepower. But they rev higher than those big heavy duty diesel engines. Typically peak power@4000rpm and max torque@1750rpm
@@tvrtkocro28 Absolutely, in fact I own one of those diesels, a Mercedes Om642 and it's a lovely little turbodiesel, but it is not in the same class as these big pickup truck diesels.
That torque is crazy. In Europe, the Audi SQ7 has 900 NM and everyone sees that as the ‘torque monster’. This has completely changed the game
The new 6.7 powerstroke in the new Ford superduties are around 1200 lb ft of torque for the high output option
Turbos and diesels are great for torque
This current LP5 is a minor variation of a motor that has been THE Gm/Izuzu Diesel since 2002
This current LP5 Duramax diesel is just the latest generation of a motor that has essentially been the same general specs since 2002
Never would I thought I’d like a GMC truck, it looks pretty cool.
Impressive Indeed! Another commentator stated that 75 percent of these will not see offroads and I would have to agree as I would be in the number if I bought this truck, BUT, just having it would bring much joy knowing that having it and not needing it vs needing it and not having it would provide me a greater sense of confidence in and during my travel plans. Still, you can find all kinds of other uses for this Beast of a truck. Great job the video and mad props to GMC!
Hey Ted, been a long time but I've been binge watching therapy drives this past couple of days and you are doing amazing. Just wanted to say hi and thank you for what you've been doing. 🙏
Thank you Dev!
@@TedwardDrives Also, PLEASE make more therapy drive videos. PLEASE!!!
100k ? Crazy... But then again, crazy capable with a little luxury for a truck. Great video, Tedward.
A base model civic costs 50k now it’s the way prices are going
Just imagine how much the cost will be when they make Heavy Duty EV Trucks
And that mindset is why they cost so much. lol
Lived in Bozeman for almost 20 years and have been to many a secluded place on many a dirt road, so I’m going crazy trying to figure out where you guys were! Looks like Ted Turner’s ranch? Glad you had fun. That beast is right at home in MT.
We need more off road pov's 👌
more to come! share this one. more engagement and views encourages the content
Love the offroad videos!
Share them! Haha thanks :)
75% of em wont touch a speck of dirt.
Of course not! This thing costs over $100k not including dealer markups. Most of the people buying these are Mall Crawlers, Pavement Princesses, and urban wannabe Cowboy Cadillacs
Yep, the high end truck is the new American luxury sedan. Nearly every wannabe rugged guy with money in my region is in a spotless f150/250 platinum or limited
and why does that matter?
@@hellocar123why buy cars which your are not using properly?
Why buy a sports car if you aren’t gonna track it?
Why don’t we all just ride the bus?
This thing seems like an absolute BEAST of a truck, and GM deserves all the plaudits coming their way. However, my (tiny) complaint is that I wish GM would outfit its full-size trucks and SUVs with a better steering wheel. The one they're using now seems kinda thin/puny given the size of the rigs it's controlling-it needs some contour and thicker hand grips.
I have this exact truck but a Denali... I don't agree, the steering wheel is perfectly sized. I just bought an F150 tremor and the steering wheel on that thing is wayyyy too thick and is honestly annoying
@@handleymacdonald5760I agree with you, I own a Ram 1500 now and the wheel is good feeling not to big it’s a happy medium between GM and Ford. I’ve always like GM and Chev using the smaller thinner wheel it just feels better in the hand and better control with it. The fords are clunky and feel old school in comparison with a wheel way to large in a modern interior.
If the specs I read are correct max hp is at just 2800rpm so shifting at 3000 makes a lot of sense. The higher part of the rev band seems to be for engine braking.
Loving this Tedward NW era!
Almost unbelievable that this thing has nearly double the torque of that Bentley Conti GT SS 🤯
That truck is insane 🤯
Most buyers will be using this on the tough concrete jungles. Great "Great Big Truck, little PP" truck.
I was able to outrun most sports cars in a corner when I had a Civic Si on all seasons. There are posers in every vehicle lol
@@TedwardDrives yeah atleast that poser in the sport car won't annihlate me and my family because they drive a 10,000 lb when they blow through a red light after binge drinking at the shitty country bar
@@chrxx4327 stupid argument. You really think the sports cars racing around at 90mph slamming into you and your family would be any less devastating?
@@chrxx4327you probably wear a helmet when driving casually huh.
@@IvanKorsinsky yeah I sure do make sure to put my hard hat on when I drive my big lifted Chevy to my job as a grocery store manager. Gotta let the world know how blue collar and manly I am
Beautiful truck and beautiful landscape.
Ordered mine in Thunderstorm gray. Should have it by early February.
insane truck
I've driven all of the new RAMs for work, so I'm very curious to see how the competition from GM stacks up.
I think I like it. Its a monster.
Could be one of the last of its kind seeing how Dodge is phasing out 8's for inline 6's. Not complaining though cause I am a big fan of the I6 config.
Nahh I doubt they'll phase out the 8 cylinder diesels
True, in the half tom market, GMs 3.0 I6 Turbo Diesel has been holding up quite well with no known widespread problems, Inline 6 engines, whether gas or diesel is the way to go.
@@handleymacdonald5760dodge doesn't have a v8 diesel it has a inline 6 diesel. The nissan titan has cummins v8 diesel though.
@@IvanKorsinsky no shit
Damn this looks fun
So much fun!
Ted; I'm so scared. GMC: relax dude, i've got this.
Reasonable truck guy would just buy the Custom model. That’s all you need.
Even in the screenshot I can see the column shifter blocking part of the touchscreen lol how did they mess that up so badly? 🤣
Kinda wild watching a nearly 10,000 lbs monster driving down such a steep hill.
I live not far from you and when I visit Colorado or Texas or Montana I always wonder why I live in a place that needs signs that read “THICKLY SETTLED”
Que belleza de Camioneta 😍
Had 2019 Silverado HD LT package, Z71, great truck, they wanted $68K plus tax for a new one, I said , it’s been real guys, so long . Bought a 2024 Tundra limited Crewmax, 6.5’ bed, paid $61K loaded truck, I’ll never go back to GM, greedy corporate bastards
I just wish these things could be SUVS as well. I dont need a pickup, I would much prefer an suv with more cargo/seating. But still have the HD frame and duramax engine to tow my boat.
@@fit4ya1975 Not the 6.6
no way ted was in my city and i didnt even get to see him
Is your camera on top of your head? Is the gear shifter in front of the screen? Agreed, It is weird they don’t do the map at the steering wheel screen like the lower end models. Not quite there but nice truck.
The way that column shifter gets in the way of the volume knob and the screen tells you there shouldn't be a column shifter.
it should go few degrees more down. Its annoying
I may have an expensive lemon.
I just bought the 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 AT4X AEV Edition (Duramax) and I know its heavier than Non AEV edition. Its an amazing truck no doubt. There is bounce and at times it can get unbearable on less than perfect freeways at almost any speed and 200 of the 300 mile drive home from the dealer was not pleasant. I spent heck of a lot more, paid over 126k including tax and dealer premium. GMC tell me, after extensive tests, its normal. One or two other reviews mention this bouncing effect and perhaps its more pronounced on the AEV Edition. Being desperate, having spent so much on this new truck, since the Wrangler MTs than came with it appeared to be less than perfect, I replaced all 5 tires at 500 miles with Mickey Thomson Baja Boss (that set me back another $2661) and reduced tire pressures front and back. I have to take this on a longer drive for a test. I think its the Multimatic DSSV, either I have a defective set on mine or its something else with the leaf springs or could be anything. GMC is no help at this time. I may have blown my $$$$$$ on this one. Please give me an honest opinion about the no load ride quality of this truck.
The problem might be that it’s an HD truck. They all ride terribly, and the GM trucks ride the best of them all because of the IFS. What you’re describing sounds normal. Maybe you don’t have a lemon, maybe you were expecting it to ride like something it isn’t.
@@jayk.2276 Thanks for your response. You just reinforced what the dealer said and I may just have to live with it and get used to it. With the new Mickey Thomson Baja Boss and reduced tire pressures, I took it for a longer ride on the freeway and the problem awareness/feeling has reduced.
@@Pinebaron2011 do you have a tonneau cover on? If you’re not hauling often, it would probably help the ride quality a bunch to just have a few sand bags sitting over your rear axles in the bed. Yes I am rolling on 34in Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T on my truck as well and love them. Hope this helps a bit!
@@jayk.2276 Yes I now have the tonneau cover on, its the heavy Diamondback HD cover. I also have 8 sand bags (400 lbs) and tried them in the back in the first week but that did not help. I'm seriously thinking my issue may be defective shocks or something too tight or loose; I know very little about these new shocks. Unfortunaltely GMC are being no help and I'm left to figure this out on my own. The Mickey Thompsons with 42/45 R/F tire pressures has been somewhat effective in reducing the effect on less than perfect roads.
@@jayk.2276 Which part of the country are you?
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Eddie!!!
WE ARE VENOM!
woohoo!
does hill descent just apply the brakes for you? I don't understand
Someone taking an off road truck off road? Blasphemy!
Not a offroad truck but ok lol.
Those otherwise-massive wheel and tyres look almost comically tiny on this.
I gotta disagree with you on the "imposing sound". That duramax is whisper quiet compared to my 2022 Cummins 6.7.
And that Cummins is whisper quiet compared to the 15.6L Detroit Diesel Freightliner I drive.
@@TedwardDrives come on now, don’t be silly, you’re comparing a class 8 tractor to a consumer pickup truck 😂
If only you could still tune, delete, build, and race a diesel truck.
I'll keep my 1700lb ft LMM ;)
I have noticed in this and a Silverado HD video that the RPM does not go above 3000 when flooring. Is this common on all heavy duty truck diesel engines?
They make most of their power at 2.8K so there’s no point of revving any higher than that
Yes. Most of them have a fuel cutoff of 3200. They only spin faster while engine braking.
Modern trucks and suvs are so big they're like a house. im a little over 6 feet and i cant reach in the engine bay on any of these modern trucks all of which ive done an oil change on i gotta like climb into the engine bay or grab a step stool just to grab the dipstick its insane. it doesnt help that they insist on front mid mounting the motor for some reason to like its a sports car or something. meanwhile on lets say a 94 ford f150 or a 94 ram i can reach everything just fine.
261 estimated miles on a full tank in the video. personally I think the new duramax is underpowered and gets trash mpg
why did you get the duramax over cumins?
What do you mean?
@@TedwardDrives what made you buy the GMC AEV vs RAM HD AEV (Duramax over Cummins) ?
1321 Nm
By seeing the title, I thoiught the truck was tuned but nope, it comes from the factory like that.
I’ll most likely see these in mall parking lots or starbucks drive thrus. Sad that the majority of these will not be used for what it’s designed for.
I see HD trucks towing huge things All the time. I don’t really get why people get upset when they are not towing or jumping something 😂
@@TedwardDrives I live in NYC and most of the trucks that my neighbors have are garage queens and they drive as if the rules of the road don’t apply to them. These trucks are really nice but they tend to attract the wrong sort of buyer.
They might be too big for drive throughs. 🇨🇦😀
That's the worst name I've ever heard😂😂
Hi
Hiiiii
These torque numbers are getting out of hand. The manufacturers are trying to out do each other by designing the intake plenums, combustion chambers, valves, and all the other aspects of airflow to produce horsepower which comes on early, just to inflate the torque number. Yes, I admit, having torque in a truck is nice, but overdoing it for the sake of number chasing (which I feel the industry is going towards) is idiotic. This truck makes still just 475 horse, when we have cars making easy 700+. Why not bump up that horsepower which equates to more actual power to pull something instead of inflated numbers on paper?
Oh yes. Our truck makes 2000 torque (at 200 rpm) but only makes 300 horsepower. This is literally where I feel these guys are going. We’ve been at this 375-450 horsepower mark for what, 15 years in trucks?
I have a 2012 6.7 Cummins High Output, and guess what, it doesn’t stay at the MAX torque area when I put my foot to the floor. It jumps way up into the high RPM range to put out Maximum horsepower, because horsepower matters… in the end.
Heh? With a diesel, torque gets the job done. Typically your horsepower number will be around half that of rated torque. Remember horsepower=Torque over time. With low rpm availability, you'll NEVER see a diesel make more than half of its rated torque in horsepower.
@@life_of_riley88in Europe we do have small turbo diesel engines that make more than half torque (ft-lbs) in horsepower. But they rev higher than those big heavy duty diesel engines. Typically peak power@4000rpm and max torque@1750rpm
@@tvrtkocro28 Absolutely, in fact I own one of those diesels, a Mercedes Om642 and it's a lovely little turbodiesel, but it is not in the same class as these big pickup truck diesels.
Horse power is how fast you get to a wall. Torque is how far you take that wall with you.
2nd
3rd lol. Also, Awesome.
Not worth 100k. I am sorry. lol
It’s ugly
This is truly an abomination. American truck culture is one giant dumpster fire.
Ford sitting at 1200 foot pounds is insane that’s not even more torque than a 2020 ford truck I’m kinda let down tbh