looks like the anti gov's are at it as usual hijacking another thread. Some seems to look thru political glass at any topic.
The big 250/2500350/3500 Suvs were gazz hogs. School moms/soccer moms needed some type of vehicle like that but got better mpgs. Inter the smaller 2 seat/3 seat suvs with much better mpgs moving the kids around. High fuel prices was a huge player in the down fall of those big gazz guzzlers.
Even out here in farm and ranch country where the 'burb was king with country cow/horse/farm wife queens moving a passel of kids around/pulling a horse trailer/etc got to expensive with high fuel prices.
OP simply wanted/needed........ found a good 3/4 ton burb.