My old daily driver (2012 Jeep JKU-R) had pretty much gotten abandoned in the garage, and it's really no longer the best vehicle for my needs, so I traded it off on this bad boy:
2006 2500HD D/A CCSB 4x4 (LBZ with 6 speed Allison)
I held out for an 06 or 07 Classic to get several things I wanted:
1. New enough to have the 6 speed (manual shift mode is PARAMOUNT when towing, in my opinion, since I have grown accustomed to it on my 09 dually)
2. Old enough to not have emissions like the 07.5 and newer have.
3. Old enough to have rear seats that fold in to a totally flat cargo deck, maximizing the front to back distance (space) for cargo gear hauling for daily driver and road trip needs I really hate the way the 07.5 and newer seats fold up against the back wall of the cab.
I will plan on getting this rig set up to haul RVs with, though it's still only going to be a part time thing, and I didn't buy this truck with the sole intent of counting on hauling RVs with it in order to justify the purchase of it.
My Jeep is (well, WAS) a sweet rig, and it kind of killed me to sell it, but It was so nice, I couldn't bring myself to drive it during the winter months, and with that in mind, it was pointless to keep it. Over the last few months I've been towing my own trailers all over Washington, and I've been doing it with this pile of C R A P:
I basically turned the above rig in to my winter daily driver / part time tow rig. But, it's not the most powerful thing towing my little cargo trailer around... plus the fuel economy of a 350 carb engine with 4wd and 4:10s isn't great when towing!
