2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 LT Crew Long-Term Road Test

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2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 LT Crew Long-Term Road Test

I stuffed a bunch of old pink carpeting and padding in our long-term 2014 Chevrolet Silverado's short bed. And the bed light came in handy.

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noburgers

a successful Silverado story. Nice that there is a local option to recycle, too. normally that would be a dump run.

bankerdanny

Your local carpet recycler. LOL, good old California. Here in the Chicago area it is hard to find anyplace to recycle anything except plastic and metal.

hybris

+1 bankerdanny only in such a barbaric land would you find such a business, I wonder how they stay afloat?--------------------------------- Once again the short bed worked for now but the long bed will always be the better choice.

fordson1

+1 hybris. Ordering this with the short bed to keep it merely big instead of getting the long bed and making it slightly bigger...I don't get the point.

hybris

@fordson Edmunds wants the 4 door cab because sadly that was what people are buying so I can't fault them for that. But unless they want just the extended cab with the long bed their only hope is a 3/4 ton crew cab long bed and even those are plagued by p

bankerdanny

I didn't mean that as a criticism, though I can see how it reads that way. I am often bothered by how difficult it is to recycle electronics and chemicals in Illinois.

eriches

@ hybris: The recycler, Carpet Solutions, seemed to be doing brisk business when we arrived... lots of staff on-hand. Undoubtedly, most of their business comes from corporate carpet donors: http://carpetsolutions.com/