Go Dogs wrote:
One ton passenger van.
With Duramax. They are running about $18,000-19,000, 2011 models coming out of passenger fleet service with around 100,000 miles.
With the 6.0 gas engine, they are about $3000 cheaper, and have much lower mileage, but you will have the same issues with the 6.0 in a van as you do in the SUV, it is necessary to run at high RPM to make the power you want to fly through the mountains.
A dealer in Georgia (Hennessy of Southlake) has a small collection. I've never dealt with him, I have a dealer here that finds me trucks and vans to my specification, if the truck specialist in Owasso doesn't happen to have in stock what I'm looking for.
Express passenger van is going to have 4 or 5 rows of seats, you can easily take out what you don't need and gain some big cargo space. The van will also have about 2800-3000 pounds of payload capacity, which you will not often find in a full-size SUV.
