2003 1500 suburban
Just wondering what u tow with your 1/2 ton suburban.
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We have a 27 ft Fleetwood, 1/2-bunk house "heavy" construction, no slides. The trailer grosses at 7000 lbs and have towed it with 3 Suburbans.
1st 1/2 ton suburban was a 1994?-something with leaf springs and a 3.42 rear end.
It did OK and sometimes I wish we still had it (had a tail gate!). It also had the "real", square iron receiver platform.
2nd 1/2 ton was a 2001?-something with coil springs and a 4.10 rear end, and the receiver with the wimpy looking round cross member and 'tack welds'.
It did OK (and performed minimally different than the earlier car- and careful because I go on rear end ratio rants due to the minimal difference in performance on these two).
2 years ago, I got a 3/4 ton, 6.0L, 6-speed, 3.73 rear end (yes, the 6-speed makes a bigger difference than the rear end.)
The suspension is markedly different. The 2500 'burb looks pretty happy hooked up with no WD whereas the 1500's would be squatted with and without WD. (I still use WD with the new one- just saying the extra capacity of the rear end is significant and evident). I hate the mile-high 'integrated' receiver and got a huge drop bar, but the camper acutally runs slightly nose high in spite of it.
As to towing, stopping, and stability...It's not all that different than the previous ones (even with the 6.0L and 6-speed and suspension). Pretty much any TV-trailer set up requires you to drive accordingly and smartly.
1st 1/2 ton suburban was a 1994?-something with leaf springs and a 3.42 rear end.
It did OK and sometimes I wish we still had it (had a tail gate!). It also had the "real", square iron receiver platform.
2nd 1/2 ton was a 2001?-something with coil springs and a 4.10 rear end, and the receiver with the wimpy looking round cross member and 'tack welds'.
It did OK (and performed minimally different than the earlier car- and careful because I go on rear end ratio rants due to the minimal difference in performance on these two).
2 years ago, I got a 3/4 ton, 6.0L, 6-speed, 3.73 rear end (yes, the 6-speed makes a bigger difference than the rear end.)
The suspension is markedly different. The 2500 'burb looks pretty happy hooked up with no WD whereas the 1500's would be squatted with and without WD. (I still use WD with the new one- just saying the extra capacity of the rear end is significant and evident). I hate the mile-high 'integrated' receiver and got a huge drop bar, but the camper acutally runs slightly nose high in spite of it.
As to towing, stopping, and stability...It's not all that different than the previous ones (even with the 6.0L and 6-speed and suspension). Pretty much any TV-trailer set up requires you to drive accordingly and smartly.
