Urban 'burban

I mean, I've never been a GM guy, but the Suburban is pretty hard to beat, if you've got a need for one.

 

Looks like a nice one Mike!

 

Looks like it is in excellent shape for a 25 year old truck. Congrats!

 

Nice truck, With the 3/4 ton running gear, if you drive it kinda like for a family car I bet you get way more than 300K out of it. Twice the room and load capacity of the mini van. And not much harder on fuel economy. easily self repaired, probably cheaper parts, cheaper taxes, and insurance too. I would never consider selling my 2000 diesel, 4x4 ford excursion. Remove the 3rd row seat, haul full 4x8 sheets of plywood with room to spare. You will love that truck!

 

That is one amazing truck. 6 liter is just about the best gas motor ever made for towing. Cadillac comfort and turns around on a dime.

 

The solid rear axle eats away the rear floor space. The Expedition isn't as bad but you still have a hump for the driveshafts and diff housing.

The suburban is still something like a foot or more bigger than the Expedition max. I've been thinking about a 3/4 ton suburban myself to tow over 6600lbs. You can option up an Expedition to 9k towing but I don't think the ecoboost is a good match at that weight when you could turbo a 6.0 and be ahead.

 

Pretty nice rig! I wish the GMC that I just picked up was a 3/4 ton.

 

man, thats a clean suburban. even the driver's seat is intact! those leather seats are like lazyboys, i've spent many an hour riding in all 3 rows back and forth across the country, no rig i'd rather do it in. i've even been in a few wrecks in them, and they've protected me well.

one of the nice parts about those trucks is how much is available/upgradeable on them. the computers are super easy to tune/modify, there are 2 or 3 different open source softwares that can do pretty much any modifications you want. i'd HIGHLY recommend the lean cruise patch, which will lean out the AFR under certain conditions to save fuel. it's ported over from some holden vehicles that use it with similar computers, it was just never used in the U.S. due to not being able to satisfy EPA emissions standards. it can bump your mileage up a few mpg, which is quite nice in a gas guzzler like that. the software i'm used to, and what seems to be the simplest to get into, is universalpatcher.net it has several common patches available natively in the software, and has a flashing utility built in - for $0. all you need to buy is a cable to interface between the vehicle and a computer. with this setup, you can also do any other work/diagnostics on the computer, like checking/disabling DTCs, increasing the max speed (a fun tool if you're young and dumb like me) and even tuning the engine.

 

Now if you only had a white CJ-6 to tow behind it.....

 

I am not sure about the 3/4 ton but the 1/2 ton weakest link is the transmission. I have mine serviced every 30k miles.

 

I really like my ‘04 3/4 ton Suburban with the 6.0. You will find like any “LS” series they don’t really come alive until about 2200/2400 rpm unlike the Vortec that is more lower end. There are coolant (heater) hose connections that are plastic at the back of the engine that are prone to failure. If you have the tow package there are two different radiators possible if replacement is needed. Cold weather and warm weather. Make sure you get the right one. I had mine replaced and they installed the cold weather (Alaska, etc.) and it would not warm up enough. Engine would not run right and no heat until right one was installed. Just things to be aware of. Having said all that, I love mine. Runs good, drives good for a full size vehicle like Daryl said, tows well. Only bad thing is as was said is fuel economy. Mine has a 30 gallon tank (tow package) so don’t notice much except when filling up.
mine has bucket seats for second row seating which I don’t care for as it leaves a gap between them. I also camp in mine but being single with a narrow air mattress not a huge deal but annoying. I love the front and rear air and heat. Makes it nice on those cold or hot trips. I have a rear dvd player but have no idea if it works, but it is there. Both my ‘04 Silverado and Suburban Stereo’s have issues. I’ve replaced the one in the Suburban. Silverado is next. Both are Bose systems.

 

Too bad Chevy didn't offer a diesel like the Ford did with the Excursion.