The wife and I are considering looking for a new tow vehicle to haul our Keystone Bullet 308bhs (6100lbs dry)We have been towing it with my 2007 F150 with 5.4 V8 and towing package, but are interested in possibly a SUV since we have a new baby that will accompanying us, and the 3rd row seats sound nice.Short of older 2000's suburbans and excursions, are there any other newer model SUVs that can safely tow it? I fear we may be stuck looking for a 3/4 or larger truck, but would rather have the extra seating if possible.Its confusing reading everyones thoughts on different motors being junk...yada yada, so any concrete advice is appreciated :)

If it were me, I'd go with a 4 door 3/4 ton truck. Because, a few years down the road, you will be looking at a different trailer. Everyone does it.

2500 gas motored crew cab would be my choice. Get a short bed, add a color matched canopy and you have a truck that looks just like a Suburban.

I think you'll have a hard time making any of the current full size SUVs work. That's not a super heavy trailer but it isn't exactly light, and it's very long. If it were me I'd be looking to pull it with a heavy duty truck, especially with the family on board. We have three kids and the truck in my sig fits us great. A megacab would be even roomier if that interests you, although you obviously even with that you won't get a third row of seating. We have a fifth wheel so an open bed is a requirement when we're towing, but I have a Softopper for trips without the trailer and it does a great job of instantly giving us a huge protected cargo space for our stuff and the dog kennel. Since you have a travel trailer you could get a standard fiberglass topper that would give you a little more security.I'm of the belief that pickups are a much better value than full size SUVs unless you really need that extra row of seating, with the big bonus being that you aren't restricted to a light duty vehicle.

The only reason I thought about a suv is the 3rd row seating. Well have a car seat and 2 70 lb dogs, not not sure everyone will fit in the rear of a crew cab. I never thought about a cap for the truck. Most of the newer suvs seem to top out around 8000lbs which seems to be cutting it close

donn0128 wrote:2500 gas motored crew cab would be my choice. Get a short bed, add a color matched canopy and you have a truck that looks just like a Suburban.This but I would go diesel. I only state that because where I am from the diesel truck is a much better buy long term. More places then not appears to say the gas is a better buy long term and if I did not need the torque, which you don't and the gas was a better option I would go gas.

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Greene728
Explorer
Apr 09, 2016
dnmccoy wrote:
I'm thinking were going to go the way of the truck. I don't know that we'll have dogs once these are gone so I don't want to plan long term based on that.

Very wise choice IMO. Keep us updated!
dnmccoy
Explorer
Apr 12, 2016
It's amazing how high the prices are on used trucks. Not even sure where to start! It's amazing that a truck with 90,000 miles on it still has an asking price of 28,000!
Grit_dog
Navigator
Apr 12, 2016
dnmccoy wrote:
It's amazing how high the prices are on used trucks. Not even sure where to start! It's amazing that a truck with 90,000 miles on it still has an asking price of 28,000!

Ha, mustn't be a diesel or it'd be over 30!
Agree vehicle prices in general are nuts and the big fuel guzzlers are leading the way right now. Cheap fuel and low inventories on used gas guzzlers due to the recession and high fuel prices when a lot less of em were made and sold for a few years is what's supporting the ******** prices, IMO. Well that and $30k seems like a bargain to some when new loaded up HD pickups are stickered from $50-70k.

You can cut cost significantly if you can get by with a 2wd and or ext cab though.
2wd are disproportionally lower than their difference in original sticker price.

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