Check out the options on GM’s new Heavy Duty trucks!

While the build and price tool for the new 2020 Chevrolet and GMC HD pickups isn’t yet live on the company website, we’ve gotten a look at the order guides for these two new trucks from The General.

As expected, there will be standard and long beds of both the Double and Crew Cab models, plus a long bed configuration of the regular cab truck. That applies to both the Chevy and GMC rigs. Customers can select from either the 401 horsepower 6.6L gas-powered V8 or the equivalently-displaced Duramax diesel making 445hp and 910lb.-ft of torque on any trim save the Custom which is limited to the gas burner. All diesel 2500 trucks have a 3.42 rear end while gasoline pickups get a set of 3.73 gears.

Over at Chevy, five trim levels are listed: Work Truck, Custom, LT, LTZ, and High Country. A Z71 off-road package can be layered on top of everything except the Custom, bringing Rancho-branded shocks, hill descent control, and skid plates. Naturally, it requires selection of a 4×4 drivetrain.

An interesting package on the Chev – but not the GMC – is an Alaskan Snow Plow special edition, which includes all the gear on a regular Snow Plow Prep package but also adds roof marker lamps and a bedliner. The ‘4×4’ sticker on the truck’s box flanks is replaced by an Alaskan decal. It’s available on the Work Truck and LT models.

Speaking of doing real work with these things, a transmission PTO will be available at some point but is listed as an late availability option. It shows up on the order sheet for the WT and LT only.

In terms of colors and exterior styling, the Chevy introduces three new colors: Northsky Blue, Shadow Gray, and Oxford Brown. All of ‘em are listed as late availability. GMC customers will find the additions of Pacific Blue, Dark Sky, Carbon Black, and Brownstone for 2020. None of them are available at the immediate start of production.

We’ve seen plenty of official pics of both trucks but it’s worth running down what each trim will look like, especially for the Chevrolet. According to the order guide, all trims except the High Country will have the CHEVROLET billboard of a grille, tweaked for each model. Work Trucks will wear a black unit lined with black mesh inserts while Custom trucks will have that grille (and the brand name) hit with a dose of body-color paint. LT trims also get body-color inserts but add in a chrome bar, the LTZ gets the same but with chrome inserts, leaving the High Country as the only one left in the range wearing a big gold bowtie.

GMC’s grille of your dreams is much easier to parse, with base trucks getting a chrome surround with black mesh inserts. Both the SLE and SLT get the same unit, again with a chrome frame and black mesh but with the addition of chrome inserts. AT4 pickups dip all that brightwork an inky black, while the Denali gets its own signature chrome maw as it always does. This detail is good for both 2500 and 3500 trucks.

Oh yeah – the neato MultiPro tailgate is available on every GMC 2500 and 3500 trim, including the base model. Dealers will be responsible for installing lights in the things, at least at first. Customers of fancy-pants trims can opt out of the MultiPro and downgrade to a plain-jane tailgate if they so choose. LED lighting in the cargo bed is standard on the top three models – SLT, AT4, Denali – and optional on the other two. A bed-mounted 120V outlet is back there too on those three trims, again optional on the base and SLE trucks.

We’ll keep digging and update this post if we discover more goodies in the order guide.