[A/S] Re: Suburban as tow behicle

["jon trotter" <jontrotter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> It seems I remember that Hunter had a Suburban and hated it as a tow 
> behicle. Was it a 1500? I am shopping for something to tow my '69 
> Overlander, big enough in case I buy a newer, heavier a/s in  the 
> future, but something to carry big dogs as well. My German Shep weighs 
> 125 lbs. Roch won't fit in a regular bench seat and I have a chow mix 
> as well. LOL I just missed a 1990 2500 Burb on ebay with only 49K 
> miles. :-(


>>>  Hi Tina,
> Guess it is all relative to how much towing you do. Our '03 2500 4WD 
with 4:10 rear end and 5.7 L engine pulls our 34' just fine with the 
Reese twin cam hitch. No question a diesel has more guts on long steep 
grades and is more fuel efficent but there are trade-offs. Initial 
cost and maintance of a diesel is one. My wife uses the Suburban as 
her around town car and didn't want a diesel truck for that. Also, we 
travel with two fat old dogs and with the third seat removed they have 
lots of room to sprawl. 
We live in central New Mexico and often pull over 6-7000' elevations. 
Sure, that's not Pike's Peak and we don't do it often but we get 
there. On normal interstate travel we just breeze along with traffic. 
If we were full-timers or even pulled more often I would certainly 
consider at least a 3/4 ton diesel crew cab but for our needs the 
Suburban works and in fully decked-out livery is a classic and classy 
ride. Jon