Big SUV or truck
Looking for a tow vehicle for our new trailer. 5500# GVWR and tongue weight is around 650# loaded but may be more if we add bikes in our internal bike storage area. I've got 4 options I'm consider...
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the bear II wrote:
My favorite tow vehicle is a Crew Cab Dually with a camper shell. It will pull or haul anything. The backseat can be used for people and or stuff. Campershell provides a secure place for bikes and toys plus other stuff.
A chevy with duramax diesel and allison 2007 or newer with under 100K miles is the ticket.
2nd Favorite was a chevy 2500 long bed 4X4 with a campershell. The campershell was about a foot higher than the truck cab had a cargo door which could be removed to load dirt bikes and provides easy access to the stuff inside. Very flexible for carrying whatever I needed.
Did you miss the part in the original post about having a 5,000 lb. trailer? If he was planning to tow a 18,000 lb. 5th wheel trailer the recommendation of a DRW diesel pickup would be reasonable. To tow a 5.000 lb. trailer it is far from reasonable and more in the realm of insane.
A SUV will make a poorer tow vehicle than a pickup as you start out with a heavier vehicle and yet with the engine and transmission and frame and other components the Gross Combined Weight Rating is the same or less with the SUV.
If you have a large brood then a 3/4 ton passenger van may be better than either a pickup or a SUV as your tow vehicle.
