2012 Suburban - good tow vehicle?
My wife and I currently have a 2012 Suburban and are wanting to get a travel trailer. The one she wants is right at maximum tow weight with our vehicle IF i add a transmission cooler and change the...
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Tystevens wrote:Next wrote:
So it is a no go.
Suggestions on cheap tow rig?
Depends if you need an 8-passenger vehicle or not. Should be lots of 3/4 and 1 ton crew cab trucks available, any of which should do the job.
If you need seating for 8, the search becomes harder. 3/4 ton Suburbans and Ford Excursions are your only option. Ford quit making the Excursion in 2005, and GM hasn't made a 3/4 ton Suburban for a couple years (I believe). The 'Burbs are hard to find on the used market -- I looked for quite a while for a 3/4 ton when we bought our '10, and didn't find anything that was acceptable.
3/4 or 1 ton full-size vans should work as well, but I don't know much about those.
Good luck!
Full sized Vans IMO make great tow vehicles and I have been using them for towing since 1979 coming up on 40 years. With that being said and for my personal comfort level and pleasure of towing I think at least for the Ford 138" WB with a conventional WDH system (i.e. not a HA or equilivant) I think about 8K and 31/32' is about my personal limit. Much heavier and longer I would want the longer WB Pickup platform or maybe the long WB GM Van, but I think none of the Van have a rating of more than about 18K GCW except for mine with a 20K GCW and maybe the V10 and 4:30 or 4:56 rear if you can even get or find one of those.
Larry
