Who has the oldest Tow Vehicle in service?

I have several vechicles but the oldest is a 99 Ford F-250 7.3 manual transmission with 250,000 miles.

1997 Dodge 1500 4x4 with 262,000 towing Jayco 29x featherlite. Its my DD and it sits outside year round.

One of my buddies has a Morgan .
On a share plan ..
with a local garage ..
Cool Car though .

1963 Morgan sports car, towed a very lightweight tent trailer for a couple of years in the late 60's. Trailer is long gone...still have the Morgan.(don't tow with it anymore.):B

roverdover wrote:
1998 3500SS Chevy. Not that unusual, except it has the 6.5 Detroit. Pulling a Chaparral 5vr. Has 268,000 on her. I have had to put two starters on since having it. Everyone told me to pass on truck due to Detroit. But it has been reliable. Does a good job pulling the 5vr.

I always thought the 6.2 and 6.5 liter Detroits were reliable. Didn't thy use the 6.5 Detroit Diesel in the military version of the Humvee for many years ?

1998 3500SS Chevy. Not that unusual, except it has the 6.5 Detroit. Pulling a Chaparral 5vr. Has 268,000 on her. I have had to put two starters on since having it. Everyone told me to pass on truck due to Detroit. But it has been reliable. Does a good job pulling the 5vr.

Older than most, younger than a few. My signature 1990 Suburban.

I don't think of my 1998 van as old, it only has 95k miles on it!

I bet NChauler won't post on this thread :B

camperpaul wrote:

SDcampowneroperator wrote:

camperpaul wrote:
Read my sig line ...

Paul, good for you! What engine does the Suburban have? The early GM diesels (350, 6.2) were thought to be frought with trouble by many.We would all like to hear how yours has been a winner!
Max

The GM 350 cu. in. (5.7L) Diesel was used mostly in Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles; there were a few Suburbans built with that engine.

The notorious problems with that engine were due to an "ID-Ten-T" error.

My '81 Olds Cutlass had that engine and I drove it for over 250,000 miles with no problems. I sold it in '99 and it is still on the road.

The engine in my Suburban is the Detroit 6.2L Diesel and has almost 500,000 miles on it.

Paul,
I bought the first 6.2 Chevy Pickups from our local dealer. Pulled our TT to dog shows and hauled my sled dogs in the winter. Of all the vehicles I have ever had, that is the one I wish I had kept. Thanks for the memories.