Family of six looking for tow vehicle
Hello! We are a tall family of six. Kids are between 5'8-6'2. Trying to find a vehicle that could tow a TT (not purchased yet). The crossovers are too small inside to fit us. Looking at this vehi...
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artem wrote:
We've been towing our 2004 Keystone Springdale 37BH with a 2006 GMC Savana 3500 6.0 liter 15 passenger van. Currently has 205k miles, but it never towed before I purchased it for less than $4K. The manufacturer's tow limit for the van is 10,000 lbs, and our trailer weighs 11K or 12K lbs. Our total weight on CAT scales is 18,200 lbs.
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However, when we were in Asheville NC area, extremely hilly terrain (9% grade), our combination could only maintain 35mph in the rightmost lane and also began to overheat (no electric fan here, the fan is viscous coupling on water pump), so I turned both interior heaters on full blast and it helped a lot. The uphill was for only may be 10 miles, so no big deal.
With the GM vans, its easy to run over the 16k GCWR. Just like with SUVs, you have to take the "tow rating" with a grain of salt. The overheating problem is exactly why the 16k limit exists.
