New tow vehicle options?

MX-RV wrote:
Very interesting views. Unfortunately I've been Informed by the boss that I can buy an SUV but not another pu. In her ideal world we would buy a Tahoe or Yukon ie short wheel base until I reminded her of the negative impacts of short wheel base and trailering ESP what we call the motion in the ocean and she quickly agreed full size is the way to go. But I won't win the pu battle even with a matching cap.

Kalabin your signature states you have an 08 2500 burb with the 6L how many k do you have on it and how do you feel about its reliability cost of repairs, real life mileage, the engine management system and ride. I'm quite sold on the ex police one I've found and since I've been looking over the past month or so I've seen 4 of them go by. Some with better interiors than others all need minor body work (dents and door paint as the doors are white and the truck is black) but for the cost that's not a big deal. The only complaint I have is they are 240k km (150k mile) but the 2500s go way honor th and are all highway mostly highway speeds and little towing. As I said before are impeccably maintained during their service.

Thanks b

MX,

I have a Silverado crew cab 2500HD. I have around 87,000 miles on it and have only had to replace recently my battery, column shifter (80 bucks) to get tow/haul mode working again and had a throttle body position sensor replaced under a recall.

From what I have been told is the 6.0 Vortec HD motor is a 250,000 mile motor if maintained properly. I have my truck serviced by the place I purchased it from which is a Chevy dealer, just had my 80k mile service done ($580.00) and even with a 2k+lb truck camper on it for about 15k miles it came back with a perfect bill of health.

As for mileage in the summertime on highway only I sit around 14.5mpg hand calculated and then 12.5 in the winters.

As for ride comfort I think GM / Chevy are the most "car like" being that it doesn't ride like a tank. My previous Ford F250 power stroke felt like a big brick going down the road, but it did what I needed it too. I have the LTZ trim which has leather, all the power options, heated seats etc and it's really comfy.

There are quiet a few guys on here that tow with the 6.0 and as far as small-block gasser go it's got a very good reputation for lasting a long time. Locally they use the 6.0 Vortec in almost all fleet utility vehicles I have seen, that or the Ford V10.

The way I look at it is I have buddies that have the 1/2-ton version's with the 5.3 V8, same model year and when they hand calculate out their mileage they see about 3mpg more and we don't have flat driving here. What I get out of a 3/4-ton chassis is bigger / better everything and about a 3100lb payload vs a 1300lb payload. I'll eat the 3mpg all day.