New Tow Vehicle

[mtnsmith]

The Duramax kicks butt. You need to drive one and if you do you will own one. They are one powerful, fuel economic vehicle (for a pickup). Mine averages 19-20 MPG and pulls like the boats not even there.

I have no doubt about that, my neighbor has a 3500 with the duramax and I have driven my aunt's f-350 powerstroke with a 45' horse trailer with 6 horses and I know I would love a diesel. My issue with something like that is everyday driveability in our area. There is a lot of stop and go traffic and it's bad enough driving my half-ton regular cab short bed silverado, driving a tank like a 3/4 ton extended or crew cab just doesn't super appeal to me. That's why I would like a smaller suv- 4-runner, trailblazer- but I do worry about longevity.

[chpthril]

Chpthril, how does your trailblazer do? We have been going back and forth from getting a 2500 or 1500 silverado, tundra, 4-runner, newer range rover (to replace my old one), and I was wondering about a trailblazer. We had one as a rental and I was pretty impressed with it. Plus we could pick one up for way less than anything else.

Rolled 80K miles this week and she is still kicken like new. We have the short wheelbase LTZ and have loved it from the beginning. If i'm not towing the boat, i'm pulling an 8ft inclosed trailer for my scout troop so this thing has been "rode hard and put away wet" from day one. No major failers, just normal maint.

Towing the Tige, It's a little slow up hills and sucks the push water but rolles at 75mph with no problem.

I got my 3/4 Suburban LT with AutoRide for $16,500 with 100,000 mile $100 deductible warranty. I'm betting the difference between a TrailBlazer and Suburban wouldn't be that much on the used side.

Evil 1, what year burb, that's almost blackbook $$$

[my86stanggt]

Rolled 80K miles this week and she is still kicken like new. We have the short wheelbase LTZ and have loved it from the beginning. If i'm not towing the boat, i'm pulling an 8ft inclosed trailer for my scout troop so this thing has been "rode hard and put away wet" from day one. No major failers, just normal maint.

We had trailblazers on base for police vehicles and they took a year of abuse in the desert sand with 130+ temps. Most of our patrol routes were off road.

Keep in mind that smaller trucks may not have the towing capacity required to pull, say a 24V, much less with a 4 cylinder engine up a steep or slipery ramp. Tongue weight may exceed the limits of the smaller economy truck also. If you are going to spend the bucks on the boat, don't skimp on the tow vehicle, or you may find you and your boat some place other than the water. Just a thought...

My thoughts were toward the fact that his profile shows a switch V which is a smaller boat compared to the 24V. I agree if that was the boat to pull I would select a larger vehicle. But we are talking about 2 times a year. I would just borrow my dad's rig unless he just wants a truck.

My little I6 has no problems pulling anything I want. I just wish they brought out the 6spd trans a year earlier. It will beat most V8's out there and has the highest tow rating until Ford comes out with that '08 model. That thing is amazing and I don't like Ford. 24k tow capacity.

[wannabewakeboarder]

We had trailblazers on base for police vehicles and they took a year of abuse in the desert sand with 130+ temps. Most of our patrol routes were off road.



My thoughts were toward the fact that his profile shows a switch V which is a smaller boat compared to the 24V. I agree if that was the boat to pull I would select a larger vehicle. But we are talking about 2 times a year. I would just borrow my dad's rig unless he just wants a truck.

My little I6 has no problems pulling anything I want. I just wish they brought out the 6spd trans a year earlier. It will beat most V8's out there and has the highest tow rating until Ford comes out with that '08 model. That thing is amazing and I don't like Ford. 24k tow capacity.

are we still talkin about RAZZ'z new truck??

[harv]

Just to make my decision a little tougher...I found an 04 Nissan Titan LE. Loaded, leather, heated seats, power everything. Good price at least for Minnesota.

Any thoughts?

[evil0ne]

Evil 1, what year burb, that's almost blackbook $$$

2003, it seems more and more like a steal when I look at what is out there today.

[Domsz06]

my friend tows with a titan and loves it. he has a 24v

[harv]

Decision has been made and finalized. Saturday we made a 4 hour road trip and picked up an 04' Titan (loaded, leather etc.). We saved about $4k by traveling an extra 3 hours from the closest Nissan dealer to us.

So far, I love this truck. Unfortunately it is -15 degrees F, so the gas mileage is really bad. Once the weather warms again here I can just expect the gas mileage to be bad.

Thanks for the imput.

[TeamAllen]

Congratulations harv!

Everybody is going to want pictures.

Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!

[chpthril]

You'll need to quit talking about new tow rigs, I'm getting itchy and the wife is getting nervous

Congrats Harv, cant wait to see pics.