Looking at used Suburban 2500's
Any years that we should avoid? We have a family of 7. In your experience, does this make a better tow vehicle vs, say, a 12 passenger van? Our HTT is about 4500 lbs loaded.
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The interior of the Suburban was updated with the 2004 model year, and was the same till 2006. I like the refreshed interior vs the 2000-2003. The 2007 would be the new body style but would still have a 4 speed transmission. In 2008 the 3/4 ton Suburban got the six speed tranny.
For a family of 7, if you look at anything 2006 or older I would get a 6.0L/4.10 axle at a minimum. If looking newer, get one with the 6 speed tranny. From when I was shopping a year ago, there is about a $7000 price jump from buying a 2006 to a new body style.
In regards to vans, I love our Express. The 6.0L with 6 speed is awesome in my opinion. It tows our trailer great and has more room than our previous Suburbans. It has also handled everything we have thrown at it with ease and it gets as good of gas mileage as our 1/2 ton Suburban we had.
For a family of 7, if you look at anything 2006 or older I would get a 6.0L/4.10 axle at a minimum. If looking newer, get one with the 6 speed tranny. From when I was shopping a year ago, there is about a $7000 price jump from buying a 2006 to a new body style.
In regards to vans, I love our Express. The 6.0L with 6 speed is awesome in my opinion. It tows our trailer great and has more room than our previous Suburbans. It has also handled everything we have thrown at it with ease and it gets as good of gas mileage as our 1/2 ton Suburban we had.
