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ttsr4us
Nov 24, 2014Explorer
Are you buying new? If so a SUV would not be a good choice. The old "Burb" or "Excursion" were 3/4 ton truck chassis. The newer ones are not.
Personally I went for a GMC Sierra 3500 Diesel. (I just got a great deal on a new 2014). The reasons I went for a 1 ton are as follows,
1 Wanted a good quality truck bed cap. (ARE Z)
2 Wanted a 2000 lbs slide out bed tray. (a real clamber aboard/back saver)
3 My wife likes to pack heavy so the truck bed takes some of the load from the trailer.
These items eat into your payload (rather than just the 'pure' towing weight only number considerations) so a 3500 made more sense to me. Also being a retired engineer, I like to operate within the performance envelope!
I went for a diesel because of the weight considerations but a 4.10 axel on gas would probably be ok but I like the available performance at altitude.
So your choice, just my experience from Trailering and MH use out west over the last 15 years.
Others will have different mileage, this is my own.
Personally I went for a GMC Sierra 3500 Diesel. (I just got a great deal on a new 2014). The reasons I went for a 1 ton are as follows,
1 Wanted a good quality truck bed cap. (ARE Z)
2 Wanted a 2000 lbs slide out bed tray. (a real clamber aboard/back saver)
3 My wife likes to pack heavy so the truck bed takes some of the load from the trailer.
These items eat into your payload (rather than just the 'pure' towing weight only number considerations) so a 3500 made more sense to me. Also being a retired engineer, I like to operate within the performance envelope!
I went for a diesel because of the weight considerations but a 4.10 axel on gas would probably be ok but I like the available performance at altitude.
So your choice, just my experience from Trailering and MH use out west over the last 15 years.
Others will have different mileage, this is my own.
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