Haley wrote:
Shopping tow vehicles; late 1998-2004 ish Suburbans. In my area the 2500's are not that much more expensive. Does standard maintenance service on a 2500 cost way, way more than a 1500?
I would think the truck is heavy duty so may break less but am curious if maintenance is very different.
A neighbor mentioned the HD trucks are very difficult to work on ut he may be talking new.
Thanks
jh
Yes and no....as you are comparing a small apple to a large apple
Context is what you are missing
The 'bigger' TV will tow more and haul more
'Haul more' meaning that if you load up the +7K GVWR Sub (half ton)
with 8 people and luggage...you many not have any more weight rating
for the trailer tongue and hitch. This can also happen to the bigger
Sub, but not as easily over loaded because it has more rating
Sine the 'bigger' Sub has 'bigger' components, sure thing...they cost
more both to buy new and sometimes to fix. Or that the repair bill
will be a 'bit' more for the bigger component/systems.
Like others mentioned on tires. The smaller Sub comes with 'P' class
tires (passenger) and they need to be de-rated a min of 9% when used
on trucks (the OEM has already done that with the "p" class tires it
came with). Next higher class tires are "LT" (light truck) tires.
Take two tires of the same size, same OEM, same model, same tread, etc
and the 'P' class will weigh less and cost less than the 'LT' class
Ditto the automatic also mentioned. The smaller Sub will have the
smaller automatic and the bigger Sub will have the bigger automatic.
Since smaller, costs less new...but the repair cost typically is only
a small difference between fixing the smaller one vs the bigger one
On MPG, sure the smaller one will get better MPG, but it wont' haul
nor tow as much either.
There is no 'HD' Suburban. Just a half ton and next higher class
or bigger GVWR Suburban
What are you going to tow? That is the big question on whether to go
with the smaller Sub or bigger Sub
Personally always want more than needed. Called safety margin, but that
is just me...so many weight MPG/ride quality/etc much higher than
capability and that to me, boils down to safety