Suburban Maintenance 1500 vs 2500
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 thi...
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Haley wrote:
Interesting about the brakes, heavy duty. So a 2500 with high miles (all other things being equal) may still be a younger truck than a 1500 with same mileage.
True, but it must be considered that likely the original owner chose a 2500 over a 1500 because working it hard was in his/her plans.
It gets overlooked a lot; someone will see a 3/4ton anything with 150k miles and assume it's going to last much better than a 1/2ton anything with 150k miles.
150k miles of hard use, even on a truck "built" for it, is a different animal than 150k miles of taking kids to school and driving to see grandma on weekends.
