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FrugalFamily
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Jun 11, 2020

Suburban Versus Excursion or something else???

For the last several years we've been towing our 2005 Outback 26 footer with a a 2WD 04 Suburban with the 5.3 engine. Towing, we'd get about 10 MPG and although the rig was fine on the flats, it would...
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carringb
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Jun 11, 2020
Weird. The V10 should not in any way feel gutless pulling 6,000 pounds. Are you absolutely sure it's not the 5.4L?

I've pulled the grapevine many times, usually loaded around 14,000 pounds of trailer and cargo and people (or 22,000+ combined), and had no problem holding 62 MPH (which is about the max I usually do in CA with its 55 MPG towing limit).

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