[Barney]

I have been daily driving a 2003 Chevy Duramax for the past 3 years. The cost of Diesel has been driving me nuts for over a year! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif) Fuel usually exceeds the cost of Super.

I only need it to tow to races at max once a month. It is hard to justify the extra cost of Diesel for that much towing. It gets about 14-15 mpg average. On the highway, no towing, it will get between 17.5 and 19. Towing my 28 ft white box 11.5 to 12.5. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

I think I would be better off with a 6.0L 3/4 ton gas Suburban for daily use and the ocassional tow. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) I even thought about a 1/2 Suburban but I would be just over the tow rating and I am afraid it would collapse the rear suspension.

What is everyone else's experience? Chevy, Dodge, Ford, Suburban-Expedition-Excusrion-1500, 2500, minivan?

This post has been edited by Barney: Mar 23 2006, 09:39 PM

[BigEnos]

2003 2500HD and an open trailer to tow the car. Truck gets 11.5-12.5 towing and 16 highway unloaded (at very best). It sits most of the time though because I picked up a 1985 Nissan Maxima for $1500. The car doesn't get great mileage and is pretty quirky, but it starts most of the time and is in very good shape. I even got $500 more off of the price of my truck because I owned a non-GM vehicle. Go figure.

A beater is the only way to fly. If you are running kids around and stuff you may need somehting a little better, but I think used minivans are pretty cheap (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rotf.gif)