js6343js6343 wrote:
I have a Suburban 2500 with a Vortec 8.1L rated for 12,000 lbs. It is the biggest gas moose you can buy. I tow a 8,250 lb dry weight TT with it.
Does it work? Yeah it works OK. But it is no fun to tow and the drive is more stressful than I'd like.
IMO, if you want a pleasant, worry free towing experience you cant do it in a half ton gasser.
Next vehicle I buy will be a duramax/allison 2500. I cant wait.
not really true unless the trailer is over the capacity of the 150, or 1500. Staying inside the capacities of the TV will make for a easy, worry free ride. My 31' TT is WELL within the towing capacity of my truck. I have no sway, and plenty of power. And believe it or not. It will go up the mountain at the speed limit. It does however drop a gear or two.
For a TT the size and weight of mine. a diesel is not needed and just overkill. Now IF it were in the 9500lb range like yours. Then I'd consider a diesel. But not for a 6000lb TT.
