New TV, made lemonade out of lemons...
So the 2006 Jeep Commander that had been our tow vehicle is finally on the downward repair spiral. We had been using it for the past two years (finding out on here that it was marginal or really not good at all for our TT *after* we bought it).
We have been considering upgrading to a larger TT, but that would have absolutely required a new TV, and the combined cost seemed excessive. We struggled over this, and ultimately concluded that we didn't want to retire our current vehicles, but we are rapidly outgrowing the TT... So we started looking at Class C's.
Then the Jeep had to go into the shop because the differential bushing wore out (it's a known issue, apparently) and the diff was slapping the skid plates.. Yikes. The mechanic basically said that it's just going to get worse from here on in.
So, we took that as a sign, and found a 2006 Silverado 2500HD 4WD with a 6.6L Duramax - the LBZ model, which by all accounts (mechanics, family, and forums) is the best Duramax to buy. It has the Allison 6-speed tranny.
We snapped it up before someone else did, and in a few weeks, we will give it its first tryout as a TV.
After reading a lot about the virtues of Diesel, the Duramax, et al on the forum, I'm hopeful that we made a wise decision.
We have been considering upgrading to a larger TT, but that would have absolutely required a new TV, and the combined cost seemed excessive. We struggled over this, and ultimately concluded that we didn't want to retire our current vehicles, but we are rapidly outgrowing the TT... So we started looking at Class C's.
Then the Jeep had to go into the shop because the differential bushing wore out (it's a known issue, apparently) and the diff was slapping the skid plates.. Yikes. The mechanic basically said that it's just going to get worse from here on in.
So, we took that as a sign, and found a 2006 Silverado 2500HD 4WD with a 6.6L Duramax - the LBZ model, which by all accounts (mechanics, family, and forums) is the best Duramax to buy. It has the Allison 6-speed tranny.
We snapped it up before someone else did, and in a few weeks, we will give it its first tryout as a TV.
After reading a lot about the virtues of Diesel, the Duramax, et al on the forum, I'm hopeful that we made a wise decision.
