Redwoodguy wrote:
Update - Saga Continues
We spent days chasing down the Tahoe/Yukon/Suburban/Escalade tow vehicle and burned up two full tanks of gas in our Subaru looking. We eventually even added the Nissan Armada. No joy. Anything with under 50K miles, no accidents, and no problems was significanlty over our budget. These TOW vehicles have become precious on the used market.
We then expanded the search to include 4 dr PUPs. Yuck. I drove a Sierra and found it didn't fit me right at all. So we ruled those out again.
The Armada was too cloud like and offered a very puffy-floaty-bloaty ride. And being new it was well over budget.
So, we got exhausted from looking at RVs and TVs and just stopped for now. Rethinking it all once again.
If I recall, the trailer you are now looking at is 4100lbs, correct? How about a Jeep Cherokee? With the base engine and tow package it is good for 6200LBS, the V8 is rated for 7200, and the diesel is 7200 (4x4) and 7400 (2wd). If you didn't like the 4dr full-sized trucks, did you try the 4dr mid-sized trucks? The Toyota and Nissan are rated around/just over 6K. The Chevy/GMC is rated up to 7K, though they are new enough I don't know if they are within your budget or not.
