NHTSA Complaint #10262394 — 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVROLET 3/4 TON PICKUP PURCHASED NEW. I HAULED 4 CATTLE SYRUP TUBS WHICH WEIGH 250 LBS A PIECE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 1000 POUNDS TO MY LAND LEASE WHICH WAS ABOUT 70 MILES FROM WHERE I PURCHASED THE TUBS. BY THE TIME I GOT TO MY LEASE THE TUBS HAD MOVED AROUND BED. WHEN I REMOVED THE TUBS OUR OF THE PICKUP THEY HAD CAVED IN BOTH FINDER WELLS AND SEPARATED THE FINDER WELL FROM THE BED CAUSING ABOUT A 2-3 INCH GAP IN THE BED OF BY PICKUP. I HAVE PICTURES OF THIS. THIS PICKUP HAS 580000 MILES ON IT AND I CAN SEE THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FINDER WELL BY 2-3 INCHES. IF CHEVROLET IS SUCH A TOUGH TRUCK THIS SHOULD NOT OF HAPPENED. I OWN A 2001 CHEVY 1/2 TON Z71 HAVE HAULED THE SAME AMOUNT OF THESE TUBS OF 1000 LBS IT DENTED THE FENDER WELLS BUT NEVER SEPARATED THE BED. WE OWN 6 CHEVROLET PICKUPS AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HAPPY WITH GM PRODUCTS BUT THIS CERTAINLY MAKES YOU WONDER ABOUT THE BUILD CHEVY TOUGH MOTO. I WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE ON HOW TO HANDLE THIS AS I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT IN THIS BED TO COME APART THE WAY THAT IT DID. *TR