3/4 or 1 ton SUV ?
Crazy question. We loved our Travel trailer. Weight 6,100 lbs. Length 28 foot. Towed it with Dodge Durango V8. Never had an issue towing. Recently moved to 5th wheel keeping it as seasonal for now. Do...
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APT wrote:
A GM 1-ton van as well as the Nissan N3500 have plenty of rows of seats and can handle up to around 7500 pound dry TT.
Ahhh, the old "vans were the original suv" argument...classic.
A half ton suv can handle a "7500lb dry" TT as well. Whatever that means (I know, it's code for the towing capacity isn't that good, but it would ruin your argument for vans...lol).
I'll take the crowd of vehicles owned by the parents of my 2 kids sports team members. So average cross section of middle/upper middle class folks that are active (kids playing soccer and hockey). Bout 40 families.
Number of large SUVs (half tons of course) owned, about a half dozen. Number of 1/2 ton trucks, another 10 or so. Number of HD trucks, around a half dozen. Bear in mind folks have more than one family vehicle. But over half the families have a full size suv or truck.
Number of vans? ONE. And those folks just finally stopped having kids after #8 or 9. Up until last year they were like a puppy mill, spitting out a kid every year or 2 since before we knew them and even had one 2for1 special!
Oh, and that family has a mini Cooper and a pickup truck as well. Only has a van because, well, it's not as obtrusive as a bus!
