Medium-Duty Silverado Trucks – Arriving Daily!

Here at Don Hewlett Chevrolet, we pride ourselves in providing the best Commercial products for our Commercial Clients.  GM has returned to the Medium market and has recently unveiled the All New 2019 Chevrolet Silverado Medium Duty 4500HD, 5500HD and 6500HD trucks.  We feel this is the most capable truck line in its class. 

The All-New Silverado conventional cabs are the most customer-focused medium-duty trucks on the market.

• Easy to upfit: Clean, one-piece straight frame rails, seven Cab-to-Axle options
• Easy to drive: Excellent maneuverability, factory air suspension 
• Easy to service: Lightweight clamshell hood allows "walk up" access to engine

 “Chevy’s designers and engineers were obsessed with making this Silverado the most customer-focused medium duty truck of any major competitor,” said Ed Peper, U.S. vice president, GM Fleet. “By customer-focused, I mean work-ready trucks that are easy to upfit, easy to drive, easy to service and easy to own.”

The Trucks Dealers, Customers and Upfitters Asked For

The input of fleet managers, truck drivers, upfitters, technicians and Chevrolet dealers drove the development of the new Silverados.  “It’s not just numbers on a spec sheet that make us different and better,” said John Schwegman, director of Commercial Product and Medium Duty at GM Fleet. “These new Silverados are designed to solve the most common upfit and ownership challenges fleets have with many of today’s medium duty trucks.”

Challenge	The Silverado Solution
Cost and complexity of upfits: Frames that rust; rivets, brackets and fluid lines that interfere with body mounting.	A factory-painted frame with one-piece frame rails, smooth, unobstructed top sections, and through-the-frame fuel fill lines
Frame compromises: Frame rails that are too short behind the rear axle to accommodate longer cargo boxes without extensions and reinforcements.	Seven Cab-to-Axle (CA) options ranging from 60 to 162-inches, along with five unique axle-to-back-of-frame (AF) lengths sized in 8-inch increments.
Service obstacles: Hood designs that force technicians to use ladders or remove vehicle components to access under-hood components for maintenance and repair.	A lightweight, front-hinged “clamshell” hood that, combined with a 50-degree wheel cut, allows easy “walk up” access to under-hood components.
Difficult to drive: Poor downward perspective for the driver, along with poor low-speed maneuverability due to narrow wheel cuts, and wide turning radiuses.	A precisely crafted and contoured hood optimizes the driver’s perspective of the road. Maneuverability is excellent thanks to up to 50-degree wheel cuts.
Noise, Vibration and Harshness: The need to retrofit aftermarket air suspensions to improve ride; loud, uncomfortable cabins.	An available, factory-installed rear air suspension, not on Ford and Ram; triple-sealed, inset doors to help reduce wind and road noise; huck bolts used throughout the frame for superior clamping force.
DEF tank placement: Poorly-placed and marked diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tanks that can lead to refueling errors.	The DEF tank is conveniently located on the passenger side of the truck – the opposite side of the fuel fill.

If you’d like to learn more about the new 4500HD, 5500HD and the 6500HD trucks, contact a member of the Don Hewlett Chevrolet Fleet Team.

Jesse Hoover at 512-681-3040 jesseh@donhewlett.com

Edward Munoz at 512-681-3007 emunoz@donhewlett.com

Source:  GM