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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sw20td06 wrote:
Olay after a couple days of searching I think I narrowed my choices to the following.
05 Excursion 6.0 Turbo Diesel 4x4 with 170k, with a 2015 F250 front end. Very clean, and I have a shop lined up to do bulletproofing if I go this route. I love the look of this truck and it is not lifted so I am expecting a better ride than my old lifted 7.3 on 37 in tires.
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09 Suburban 2500 LT 4x4 with 119K. Also very clean, but I am worried the 6.0 will be really slow fully loaded with people and pulling the trailer. But I do like the "car" like ride. Interior is leaves much to be desired in terms of quality.
Coming from the 7.3 Excursion I think I am more inclined to pick up another newer model especially with the newer front end. It will cost me an additional 5k to "bulletproof" the motor, but I think it will last a lot longer than the Suburban.
Any advice which route I should go Doing some research, the excursion has some lower payload capacity compared to the Suburban is that correct? Any input would be great!
We've been going back and forth ourselves over Excursion versus a newer 2500 Burb or Yukon XL.
Fwiw we've narrowed it down to the Yukon XL. It has a few options the Burb didnt offer such as cooled front seats. To us the Excursion feels too plain and basic inside compared to the GM twins.
The GM twins are newer with less miles. Gas motors are cheaper to maintain and fix compared to diesel. We've run Chevy 2500 pickups at work with the 6.0 motors for 12+ years and all have gone to 250k+ miles with no major issues.
I figure once we get the Yukon XL I'll add headers,exhaust and intake along with a Black Bear tune to help the power situation.
