Beadle Chevrolet GMC · Mobridge, SD

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD for Sale in Mobridge, SD

The three-quarter-ton that works this county, from the Work Truck to the ZR2. New and pre-owned trucks on the lot at 2200 US Hwy 12, newest first — full buyers guide below the listings.


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Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT in Summit White above the Missouri River near Mobridge, South Dakota

Why Buy a Silverado 2500 HD in Mobridge?

Gravel section lines, river-breaks grades, gooseneck season twice a year, and a service bay ninety minutes closer than Pierre or Bismarck. A three-quarter-ton is the truck most outfits in this county actually need: enough rear axle and spring to carry a real pin weight, without the width and ride of a one-ton dually. Beadle Chevrolet GMC, 2200 US Hwy 12 in Mobridge.

Two 6.6L V8s carry the line. The gas L8T makes 401 horsepower and 464 lb-ft with a 3.73 axle; the L5P Duramax turbo-diesel makes 470 horsepower and 975 lb-ft at 1,600 rpm with a 3.42 axle. Both run a 10-speed automatic, and the engine choice sets the axle, so there is no ratio to pick. Properly equipped, a Duramax Crew Cab with the Max Trailering Package is rated to 20,000 lb on a conventional hitch.

Every figure on this page depends on cab, bed, drive, engine, axle and packages, and every one of them assumes a properly equipped truck. Bring us your loaded trailer weight and your pin weight and we will match them against the trailering information label in the driver door jamb of the specific truck, which is always the final word.

401 hp
6.6L gas V8, 464 lb-ft, 3.73 axle
975 lb-ft
6.6L Duramax turbo-diesel, 470 hp at 1,600 rpm
20,000 lb
Conventional hitch, Crew Cab, Duramax, 3.42, Max Trailering, properly equipped
22,070 lb
Gooseneck on a Work Truck or Custom Crew Cab long bed 2WD (CC20943), Duramax, Max Trailering plus Gooseneck prep, properly equipped
4,081 lb
Payload, Regular Cab long bed 2WD (CC20903), gas V8, 18-inch or 20-inch wheels

What a 2500 HD Does Around Here

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT pulling a gooseneck stock trailer in the Missouri River breaks near Mobridge, South Dakota

Gooseneck Stock Trailers and Hay Flatbeds

A 4WD Crew Cab standard bed with the Duramax carries 19,100 lb on a gooseneck as it sits, or 21,600 lb with the Max Trailering Package, properly equipped. Pin weight lands on payload first, so start there.

Gooseneck towing math

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Work Truck with a snow plow and a sander in the bed at a county shop before dawn

Service Bodies, Plows and Dump Beds

Snow Plow Prep brings a 220-amp alternator, an increased front axle rating, skid plates and the dash grommet, and it needs 4WD. Power take-off is a Work Truck, Custom or LT option with the Duramax.

How to spec a plow truck

Black Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT with the Z71 package pulling a gooseneck equipment trailer loaded with a track loader

Skid Steers and Dump Trailers

The ceiling on a working combination is the gross combination weight rating, not the tow rating: 30,000 lb with the Duramax and Max Trailering, and 26,000 lb is where the gas V8 stops.

What Max Trailering adds

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LTZ in Lakeshore Blue Metallic towing a living-quarters horse trailer near the Missouri River bridge at Mobridge

Horse Trailers and Fifth-Wheels

Kingpin load runs 15 to 25 percent of the trailer, and it comes out of payload before you count people and tack. The LTZ package ladder is where the comfort answer lives.

Fifth-wheel and horse trailer section

Silverado 2500 HD Quick Specs

Every figure below is a 2026 rating for a properly equipped truck and depends on cab, bed, drive, engine, axle and packages. The 2027 trucks carry new engine codes and GM has not published their ratings. Confirm the rating on the trailering label in the driver door jamb before you hitch up.

Spec 6.6L Gas V8 (L8T) 6.6L Duramax Turbo-Diesel (L5P)
Output and axle 401 hp, 464 lb-ft at 4,000 rpm, 3.73 axle, 10-speed automatic 470 hp, 975 lb-ft at 1,600 rpm, 3.42 axle, 10-speed automatic, with block heater, exhaust brake and a 220-amp alternator included
Conventional towing Up to 16,000 lb on a Crew Cab 18,500 lb on a Crew Cab, and 20,000 lb with the Max Trailering Package
Gooseneck or fifth-wheel 18,280 to 18,500 lb by configuration 19,000 to 19,200 lb as equipped; 21,490 to 22,070 lb with the Max Trailering Package and the gooseneck prep package. The highest 4WD Crew Cab figure is 21,600 lb on a CK20743.
Payload Up to 4,081 lb on a Regular Cab long bed 2WD; 3,937 lb is the Crew Cab maximum Up to 3,748 lb on a Crew Cab long bed 4WD; 3,583 lb on a Crew Cab standard bed 4WD
GVWR and GCWR GVWR runs 10,350 to 11,550 lb in the specification tables, and the option menu reaches 11,900 lb on a Crew Cab long bed 4WD diesel with the Max Trailering Package. Gross combination weight rating steps 24,500, 26,000, 27,500 and 30,000 lb; the gas V8 stops at 26,000.
Beds, cabs and fuel Regular, Double or Crew Cab. The standard bed is 82.25 in at the floor with 69.5 cu ft, the long bed 98.27 in with 83.5 cu ft. Fuel is 36 gallons on a Crew Cab. Every Silverado 2500 HD in stock today is the 82.25-inch standard bed.
Trims Work Truck, Custom, LT, ZR2, LTZ and High Country. LT is 4WD only, the ZR2 is a 4WD Crew Cab standard bed only, and LTZ and High Country are 4WD Crew Cab trucks.

2026 ratings. Chevrolet has not published output, towing, payload or dimension figures for the 2027 trucks, so nothing on this page should be read as a 2027 rating.

The Six-Trim Ladder

Two of these are on the lot as this is written and the rest are order-bank trucks. We order from Mobridge every month, so a Work Truck spec sheet is as normal a conversation here as a High Country walkaround.

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Work Truck Regular Cab long bed with a toolbox and transfer tank in a county shop yard

Work Truck and Custom

The value end, and where the guide's headline numbers actually land. Both payload and gooseneck maximums belong to a Work Truck or Custom truck, not to a loaded High Country. Custom adds body-colour trim, the Custom Blackout appearance option and the equipment group that allows a Duramax.

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT in Sterling Gray Metallic with the Z71 fender badge, photographed on the lot at Beadle Chevrolet GMC in Mobridge

LT and ZR2

LT is the volume trim and it is 4WD only. It is also where the 13.4-inch screen with Google built-in starts, and where the Z71 Off-Road Package is most often ordered. The ZR2 sits above it as a 4WD Crew Cab standard bed truck with no counterpart anywhere else in the heavy-duty market.

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LTZ in Lakeshore Blue Metallic photographed on the lot at Beadle Chevrolet GMC in Mobridge

LTZ and High Country

Leather, the 12.3-inch cluster, the camera packages and the trailering app live up here, along with the Bose audio system. Payload is lower than a Work Truck and that is the honest trade: a High Country carries 3,357 lb with the gas V8 and 3,195 lb with the Duramax.

Work Truck or Custom · LT vs LTZ vs High Country · What the ZR2 gives up to go off-road

The Two Rungs Only Chevrolet Has

At the work end, the Work Truck and Custom trims are not a stripped-out consolation. They are where the published payload and gooseneck maximums live, because the trucks are lighter. Every pound of leather, glass and chrome above them comes out of payload.

At the other end sits the ZR2, a factory off-road three-quarter-ton with Multimatic DSSV dampers, 35-inch mud-terrain tires, a locking rear differential and 11.61 in of ground clearance. Nothing else in the GM heavy-duty lineup is built this way. The trade is real and worth saying out loud: the Max Trailering Package is not offered on a ZR2, so its gooseneck rating is 18,100 lb on either engine.

Z71 or ZR2, and which one you actually want

Black Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT with the Z71 package parked beside a lifted White Sands ZR2 at Beadle Chevrolet GMC in Mobridge

Standard Bed or Long Bed?

Two Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Crew Cabs side by side showing the standard bed against the eight-foot long box

Bed length and volume

82.25 in and 69.5 cu ft against 98.27 in and 83.5 cu ft. The long box swallows 8-foot panels flat.

Payload

3,779 lb against 3,937 lb on a 4WD Crew Cab with the gas V8 and 18-inch or 20-inch wheels.

Turning circle

52.7 ft against 57 ft. That difference is felt every time you back into a calving lot or a fuel island.

Every Silverado 2500 HD in stock today is the standard bed. Order the long box if you haul 8-foot panels, a post driver or a slide-in, and take the standard bed if the truck spends its week in town. The full bed-length comparison

2026 or 2027?

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT in Summit White on the front row at Beadle Chevrolet GMC in Mobridge, South Dakota

2026: on the lot now

Rated, published, and standing in the yard. Two new colours this year, White Sands and Polar White Tricoat, plus the Stars and Steel Special Edition while it lasts.

2026 buyers guide

A ranch couple and a salesperson looking at an order sheet beside a Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LTZ at Beadle Chevrolet GMC

2027: what changes

New engine codes, the Allison name on the transmission, 18-inch wheels as the new base, adaptive cruise standard across the line and a higher GVWR ceiling. Ratings are not published yet.

What is new for 2027

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Gooseneck towing math

What the headline truck is, what the truck you will actually buy pulls, and the numbers to ignore.

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Work Truck or Custom

The fleet ladder, the equipment groups, and the option that lets a Custom take the Duramax.

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The ZR2 trade-offs

What the off-road hardware buys, and what it costs you in towing and payload.

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Buy now or order a 2027

A straight answer on whether to take a rated 2026 today or wait for the new model year.

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Also on This Lot

We sell both GM heavy-duty trucks from the same building, usually forty feet apart. The Sierra 2500 HD shares the frame and both engines and differs on trim ladder, tailgate name, payload and every dimension, so it is worth walking both before you sign anything.

If your pin weight keeps landing over payload, the answer is usually a one-ton rather than a bigger package on a three-quarter-ton. The Silverado 3500 HD adds rear axle, spring and gross vehicle weight rating, and it can be ordered with dual rear wheels.

GMC Sierra 2500 HD inventory and guide · Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD

Silverado 2500 HD Questions We Get in Mobridge

What is the highest payload on a 2026 Silverado 2500 HD?

4,081 lb, on a Regular Cab long bed 2WD (CC20903) with the gas V8 and 18-inch or 20-inch wheels, properly equipped. The Crew Cab maximum is 3,937 lb with the gas V8 on a long bed 4WD, and 3,748 lb with the Duramax. A loaded High Country sits at the bottom of the range at 3,195 lb, because payload is what the truck is not already carrying.

What is the gross combination weight rating with the Duramax?

The ladder runs 24,500, 26,000, 27,500 and 30,000 lb depending on configuration, and 30,000 lb takes the Max Trailering Package. The gas V8 stops at 26,000 lb. That ceiling covers the truck and the trailer together, so on a long working combination it usually runs out before the tow rating does.

Should I order the 3.42 or the 3.73 axle?

Neither, because the engine chooses for you. The gas V8 comes with the 3.73 and the Duramax comes with the 3.42. There is no axle decision to make on a Silverado 2500 HD, which surprises people coming from a half-ton order sheet.

What does the ZR2 Bison Edition add?

It is an option package on the ZR2 that swaps in heavier underbody protection and its own exterior treatment, and it deletes two items the standard ZR2 carries. It does not change the towing or payload ratings, which stay where the ZR2 sits because the Max Trailering Package is not offered on that truck. We can walk the option list line by line before you order one.

Which trims get the 13.4-inch screen with Google built-in?

LT and up. Work Truck and Custom run the 7-inch display. Moving from LT up also brings the 12.3-inch driver cluster in place of the 3.5-inch unit, which matters more than the centre screen when you are watching a trailer gauge.

Do I need a 3500 HD instead?

Work the pin weight, not the tow rating. Take the loaded weight of your gooseneck, multiply by 20 percent for a working estimate of kingpin load, add your toolbox, fuel caddy, tack and people, and compare that total against the payload of the exact truck. If it clears comfortably, a 2500 HD is the right truck and it rides better. If it is close or over, step up to a one-ton.

Where is the closest Duramax service to Mobridge?

Right here at 2200 US Hwy 12. That is a real part of the buying decision on a diesel: the next GM heavy-duty service bay is a ninety-minute drive each way, and a truck that is down during harvest or calving costs more than the repair. Buy it here and it gets serviced here.

Come See One at 2200 US Hwy 12

Bring your trailer weight and your pin weight and we will put them against the door-jamb label on the exact truck. Beadle Chevrolet GMC, 2200 US Hwy 12, Mobridge, SD 57601. Sales is open Monday through Friday and Saturday mornings — call or text 605-845-7277.

Written by Lexy Tabbert, Director of Sales and Marketing, Beadle Auto Group.