A little help from the PU crowd please

[ford_up]

After 8 great years and 210K miles its time to retire the 2003 Yukon XL 8.1/4:10. I just acquired a 38' bumper tow that weighs about 9500 empty, with a hitch weight of they say 1100 lbs, but it feels a little heavier. The three vehicles I am looking at are a 2018 Sierra 3500 srw gasser for $66k CDN, a 2017 Sierra 3500 DRW gasser for 56k and a 2015 drw diesel for 61K-both used trucks have about 20k miles on them. I've never towed with a pu. Any recommendations?
Thanks

[Lwiddis]

DRWs add about 15 inches to truck width making drive ins...banks, fast food...and parking in general more challenging. I wouldn’t go DRWs unless required by weight. They look funny too!

[dfm]

I am 9300 pounds empty and 11,000 loaded . Trailer is 35 feet.

You will NEVER regret getting a diesel

[PopBeavers]

My son is towing a similar sized trailer. Maybe a bit smaller/lighter.

He started out towing with a Toyota Highlander. It worked, but struggled on long steep grades.

Last year I gave him my 2oo8 GMC crew cab, long bed, 4x4 gasser. It does much better, but he is jealous of my diesel.

This is not to say that I recommend the diesel. There is a lot of extra cost to step up from gas to diesel. Only you can justify that incremental cost of purchase and maintenance.