Towing with a pickup vs suburban

[travelnman]

Those of you that have a pickup does the tailgate go down with the
RV on the hitch or will it hit the hitch if you lower it all the
way. I use a suburban now but looking at a chevy pickup high country.
The suburban's rear tail gate lifts up and out of the way so I can
get to the gear and tools in the back but will the pickup allow me
to do this, I thinking not but where do you store your equalizer bars,sway bar, and other hitch parts? I have observed most everyone is using pickups now I'm probably the last one of the old timers that
use a suburban. I found a beautiful High Country pickup 2014 with very low miles and have been considering it to replace the suburban, it has a much higher weight rating for one thing which is a good reason alone to go with the pickup but it looks like it would be difficult to store the hitch parts when the tailgate is down so I would be reaching up and over the tailgate all the time. Where do you store the hitch parts if not in the back of the pick up?

[Lwiddis]

Provided my TT is inline with the Tahoe, I too can raise the back door but the clearance is only a half inch or so.

[SidecarFlip]

We have a burb and a pickup truck and myself, I prefer towing with the burb but ours is a 3500 with the big V8.

Much more comfortable than the pickup truck.

[troubledwaters]

When I got my current trailer the tailgate would hit the electric tongue jack when I tried to lower the tailgate (it didn't hit with my previous trailer). I just got a longer drawbar for my hitch; problem solved.

[dockmasterdave]

Mine will not open fully with the trailer hitched.
I put a side mount truck tool box on the front of mine. Holds all my towing equipment plus both batteries and a few other accessories. Lockable, looks good and easy access.

[Sandia_Man]

Our Chevy Silverado has no issues with tailgate being fully down when hitched to our TT with a power tongue jack. For nearly a dozen years we have stored our WD hitch bars right on the a-frame behind the batteries when RVing or when parked in our side yard.

[Grit_dog]

depends on the trailer. tailgates clear 95% of the different trailers I've hooked up over the years (100s of trailers likely).
All pickups are pretty much the same, back a truck up, any truck to your camper, your hitch, and see how much room you have.