Which Year Suburban 2500?
We are thinking about getting rid of the truck in sig and moving to a 3/4 ton Suburban. We've taken two cars on occasion to accommodate family/friends in addition to my family of 5 and expect to do it...
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azwildcat99 wrote:CliffordG wrote:
If I followed all that correctly your hitch weight is 2,000 lbs or more.
I don't think I was as clear with the numbers as I could have been.
Scale Weights (loaded for camping)
- Front Axle 4140
- Rear Axle 4500
- Trailer Axle 7000
- Total GCWR 15640
The weights from the scale was with our current truck loaded for camping with passengers. My thoughts were if I was at 6850 unloaded and approx. 8600 loaded in the DMax,wouldn't a burb be about the same, just a little lighter? I figured 6500 unloaded and about 8250 loaded, or 350 under GVWR. Room for a couple kids and still be 100 or so lbs under.
As far as the tongue weight, I was thinking it was closer to 1k with the other 750lbs of payload mentioned above going to passengers and gear. We weigh about 550-600 for all 5 of us.
I think APT is correct and that I'll have to get a tongue weight scale to really know where I stand.
If I went with the older burb it would be a dedicated TV, whereas the newer one would serve double-duty as it would replace the Honda Pilot and my truck. I'd be back down to two cars instead of 3, a Suburban and Nissan Leaf (David and Goliath so to speak).
Thanks for all the responses so far.
That is us. 2500 8.1 Litre and a Prius.
The archived listed spec claims cc for the older 3/4t is about 2300#, but our loaded LT lists only 1930# on the door sticker. Still, just makes it for our family of 6 and 2 dogs and 8k trailer with a little to spare. boys getting a little big for the 3d row now though. May soon consider a used new gen for the better rear row room.
