Re: [VACList] Tow vehicle recommendation needed.

["Robert Gill" <gillguy@xxxxxxx>]

     Marv
     The Hummer would look really cool towing an' Airstream. It has the 
horsepower to tow with the 6.0L, but I don't know what gear ratio you can 
get with it. I think you'd want at least a 3:73 rear end gear. The specs 
says it tow capacity is 6700 pounds, so your 25' Tradewind should be way 
under that.
The only drawback that I see once you over look the price, is the short 
wheelbase, which is 122 inches.
     Way to short for me. I have a shortbed Chevy K1500 4X4 which has a 119 
wheelbase and was my primary tow vehicle until I got the wife a new Suburban 
4X4 which has a longer wheelbase. The truck towed fine but on interstates 
you can feel every seam in each concrete section you cross. Interstate 10 is 
the worst, on a trip back from Texas I felt like Bronco Billy at a Wild West 
Show, either that or I was still on the mechanical bull at Billy Bob's. The 
ride in the Suburban is much better, we have been on I-10 twice since we got 
it and the difference in the ride is incredible.
     I tow a 29' Ambassador, so I don't know how much different it would be 
towing a 25' Tradewind. I would guess, not much. Yes the Hummer would look 
real nice with a shiney (or even a not so shiney, like mine) Airstream 
behind it.  But if I was going to pay around 50 grand for a tow vehicle, 
then that sucker had better tow like a dream.
     The Escalade would be nice too, and you can get it in the ESV model 
which has a 133.0 wheelbase plus it has a tow capacity of 7800 lbs. I think 
you'd also save money on the Escalade -v- the Hummer.
     I'd go with the one with the longer wheelbase, but that's just my 
opinion, and you know what they say about opinions.

Bobby
'73 Ambassador
'02 Suburban 4X4
'88 Chevy K1500 4X4
Valdosta, GA