Expedition vs Suburban

Deja vu all over again. As has been mentioned and I alluded to above, it is all about payload. We have 4 kids and when it came to the end of our 3/4 Suburban's reliable service life, there was nothing that could replace it other than a full size van. Trust me I looked. Nobody makes a 3/4 T SUV for consumers anymore. The listed max payloads for Expy, Sub, Sequoia are like 1300-1600# but I never actually saw one with a sticker that wasn't around 250# less than that. YOu will spend 800# on the tongue weight, leaving you with 550 for the family of six and any stuff in the SUV. If the kids are small, you might make it, but kids have this bad habit of outgrowing things, so you will be on the clock. We are pretty skinny overall, but by the time the boys were into the teens, I calculated a family weight of around 800#, then there were the fur babies. We got lucky in a way as boys got older and had Summer jobs so long trips with the whole family faded away replaced by parking closer and everyone constantly rotating back and forth so the crew cab became functional for us as a TV. Now the running gear isn't going to explode if your overload it by 200#, but I prefer to be on the underside of ratings. Do the math yourself,look at the real door sticker and then decide.