2005 Suburban 2500

[Jammer]

They made lots of them. Keep looking.

[SafariSS]

Originally Posted by PharmGeek

any idea of fuel mileage at 55mph on mostly flat-ish terrain in my region pulling 30' flying cloud airstream?

My safari 30 weighs 7670 road trip ready (full of water) and I get a steady 11 to 12 towing at 65 to 70 with wife and 5 daughters

[Airline]

I own a 2005 Suburban 2500,in fact I just listed it yesterday For Sale in the Tow Vehicles for sale section of this site.
I used it to tow my 1987 Avion 32S.Towing it over to the Oregon Coast,up hills etc I get 11 MPG.
This is my 3rd suburban,I am only selling mine to upgrade to a newer suburban.

[PharmGeek]

whew, oregon too far perhaps

here is one close by...106k miles?? Im not sure of trim and 6.0 vs. 8.1L at this point

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/3835656029.html

[PharmGeek]

but even if 6.0L, asking price is below NADA and interior looks to be in good shape...worth considering perhaps

[Sbb]

I have 1500 2008 burb, thninking of upgrading to a 2500. I only tow a Bambi, but I do festivals and haul rediculous weight. I remove middle and third row seats, pop in a sheet of plywood and off I go. I would hope a 2500 would have not lower the back as much as my 1500 gets. I am in all weight ranges with room to spare, but going about 25k a season, it is a lot. I have only ever driven suburbans, somehow I missed out on the mini van even though we had five. Kids, for a while we both had suburbans. Wish they made them the old way! They are a gas chugging fine machine.

[ROBERT CROSS]

Bought our 2006 8.1 back in 2008 while I was still working at the Chevy Store.
It was a GM Program/Exec Demo with 14K on the clock. It was being sold on ebay by the first registered owner. It didn't sell, called, made offer, went to NC to pick it up and haven't looked back since. Been using Burb TV's since 95 with our first 2500 big block.
For us its the perfect TV. Has all the payload, room and comfort we could ask for....plus my co-pilot loves sharing driving with me.

Ask the selling dealer to do a VISS. Get the vin# and ask the Service Mgr.


Have them include all the underlined items under the above heading. That will include the build sheet with all options, all repairs done under warrantee, any repairs done if it was purchased with a GMPP service plan. A lot of good info included.

See if you can get them to install the oversize factory flaps all around, and the black moulded step boards.
Here's a photo of ours as purchased...had to add the flaps, and extended towing mirrors.

Note...when I did the VISS on ours, the build sheet specified the large towing mirrors but they weren't installed, so I had them done under warrantee.

POI....I got 15.1 mpg@55mph on the trip back from NC. Not too shabby for the 8.1 w/4.10's. Cross country towing averaged 11.1...

Bob

[PharmGeek]

Thanks for advice!

Cr ad was for 2wd - I need 4wd...movin on

[m.hony]

You should be able to do 10 mpg, but I'm afraid with that big ole motor you might get 8. Just go 55 and you will take less of a hit in the hip pocket. Buy the 'Burban. Then next week you can get your shiny new silver trailer!

[OilnH2o]

Originally Posted by PharmGeek

Thanks for advice!

Cr ad was for 2wd - I need 4wd...movin on

I was just getting ready to tell you about 4wd in that ad (or lack) then saw you were ahead of me. That can make a difference in price on resale, but not that much difference in other things. Depending on what you end up towing, the 1/2 ton can do a heck of a lot. We just turned 212,800+ on our '01 Sube and I'll compare over-time costs with anybody. It's been exceptional and the only big issue is new tires every 50,000 miles and replacing the front axle-power steering assembly. I just replaced all the shocks at 204,000 merely because they were 12 years old and had that many miles on them, and can't tell the difference. I just went up and back to Glacier last weekend - "flat" for around here since it was no major passes, and both fills on the tank got the same mpg = 12.8 And, that sweet spot seems to be around 63-65 mph. We had a 94 as well, which got better mileage but that was with a 3.43 rear end - I've got the 3.73 now.

[PharmGeek]

I'm on the hunt for one - loved the test drive

One will turn up

[gmw photos]

Originally Posted by PharmGeek

Thanks for advice!

Cr ad was for 2wd - I need 4wd...movin on

Go for the one in Oregon. Known history. A quick air flight up there, and a bonsai road trip home. Nothin' to it......

In the motorcycling world we call that an IronButt run.....

[PharmGeek]

Originally Posted by m.hony

You should be able to do 10 mpg, but I'm afraid with that big ole motor you might get 8. Just go 55 and you will take less of a hit in the hip pocket. Buy the 'Burban. Then next week you can get your shiny new silver trailer!

getting close....but now gotta find this darn TV....

my dad lives 30 miles from this listing...may send him to check this one out
Cars for Sale: 2004 Chevrolet Suburban 4x4 2500 in Fayetteville, TN 37334: Sport Utility Details - 348774203 - AutoTrader.com

[Steve Bryant]

PharmGeek,
I have a 2000 K2500 Yukon XL that I ordered new, so it's 13 years old now and I plan to keep it for a number of years. It has the 6.0 L engine and the 4L80E transmission (4.10:1 Axle Ratio). With this combination, I do fine towing my 1991 34' Limited in the Rockies and elsewhere. I'd say that I probably get 14 MPG on the road (solo) and about 9.0 towing (these are 70 MPH figures). The 8.1 L engine was discontinued several years ago. Many parts of the 6.0 are common to the 4.8/5.3/6.2 L Gen III and Gen IV small block engines, and they are still in production. I would advise against the 8.1.

Steve

[PharmGeek]

seriously...I have been just really really tempted to just buy the ram 2500 diesel 2012 model in carmax - 50K miles - bighorn model - Im getting weaker...especially that my wife gave me a chunk of her money to make the newer purchase feasible.



Folks, there is a great likelihood that ill put in for that diesel tomorrow and roll with it...

Yeah, that is a tad random, but we talked more about what we wanted from our TV...more broadly....and long term...and with her help now its all good in the budget...why not...

[m.hony]

How much is the Ram? That seems like a bunch of miles for a truck that is a year or two old. Maybe the price will reflect that. Those trucks are sometimes 54-60k new. Hope it has new tires already. One thing is for sure- you will never be overloaded.
I am pretty convinced that "waiting till December" to buy a trailer ain't happenin'. I thought you might have your Flying Cloud 30 by Labor Day. You will probably have it by the 4th of July.

[m.hony]

What is Big Horn besides that satin nickel finish around the radio?

[SafariSS]

Ram Diesel has a nice engine.....but that is about it. AC in a dodge sucks.

[PharmGeek]

Whoops - 24 k miles

[PharmGeek]

Well - there are only 3 bunkhouse models on lots in a distance I would drive - including to colonial in NJ

Good chance I'll finalize a deal by end of July to grab one of the few 2013 models still on lots hopefully at better price than 2014