Need Feedback ASAP - Questions about Towing
After reading countless threads about towing with the Sequoia, I am left with more questions. Now it is has me questioning by pending purchase. In the next hour or so, I plan to purchase a 2008 Li...
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atreis wrote:sw20td06 wrote:
Thanks for the tips everyone. I ended not getting the Toyota. I had a 00 Excursion 7.3 Diesel which I sold recently. The ride was not comfortable when not towing. It had 37 in tires and a 6 in lift which added to the roughness. It was a great truck but would cost more in the long run trying to improve the suspension, tires, etc. Im thinking of getting a 2003+ 6.0 Bulletproofed Excursion with a 4 link upgraded suspension, but they sell for a premium also and most are modified. I live in CA and smog tests for diesels are mandatory now.
I've test driven the 2009-2011 Suburban 2500. Although I think it would handle the load easily, the interior felt really cheap for the price they were asking. I came from the Excursion, I know which wasn't the "best" interior.
A bulletproofed vehicle is going to have a significantly lower cargo capacity - that bulletproofing adds a lot of weight. (And .. Uh... Do you really need it? Can't say I've ever taken a bullet in any car I've ever owned.)
Take a look at E-350 or GM 3500 full size vans. Those have decent capacity and can hold all those people in comfort. A custom conversion may have a decent interior, although those are getting harder to find.
The OP did not mean bulletproofing in the literal sense.
Bulletproofing refers to completing repairs needed to make the Ford 6.0 PSD engine more reliable. There are a lot of known issues with the 6.0 PSD. Having those issues repaired has come to be known as bullet proofing.
