PUCampin wrote:
If you want a big trailer, you will have to find a 3/4t SUV (2500 Burb or Excursion) or go full size van. There is no other way to do it safely. Do people do big trailers behind Tahoes with 6 people inside? Yes, but they are overloaded and not particularly safe.
Can't agree more. Unless we drop into a much smaller trailer, I think I'm staying on a 3/4 or higher platform. I didn't like back when I towed with my last 1/2 ton and I like the stability (and peace of mind) of the beefier chassis.
Heavy Metal Doctor wrote:
Even though our kids are grown, they do travel with us often, so our traveling setup ended up being a big van with a TT behind it for much of the same reasons you mentioned. We went with a Nissan NV 3500 HD.
Take out the extra seats and there it ton of room for 6 adults without piling stuff up over the windows like we used to do in a Suburban or the Tahoe. And it's actualy easier to get in and out of for every one. The towing rating was the same or better than many SUV's and I like having a closed vehicle for security (don't like roof top luggage racks or open pickup truck beds when traveling).
Wow thanks for telling me about the Nissan. I had written it off because I thought it was a smallish cargo van without any towing capabilities, but that 3500 with the SL package has really good towing numbers and also has some nice options in it.
And I really like the idea of keeping everything inside instead of the truck bed.
What things do you like about it / what would you change?
