rayra
Expedition Leader
Again a load of projecting and subjective stuff that misses the point of the topic. You're arguing that a pickup is best for a rural lifestyle, which is utterly NOT the question or context of the OP.
My '85 C-10 longbed pickup and my suburban are within an inch of each other in overall length and likewise similar wheelbase. 365k mi on my C-10, about 50k of that in the southwest deserts and forests with dirt bikes and ATCs and such. My point is I have long experience with both vehicle types in a wide range of activities. THE TOPIC is about "best Large SUV stock", not about your midsize and pickup prejudices.
And speaking of the latter, the Jeep Wagoneer is fully 38" shorter than the Suburban, 36cu' LESS interior room, no wonder you felt crowded by your junk. And it's more than a foot shorter than my Tahoe. No wonder you scoff at the comfort and utility of a LARGE SUV - you've never owned one.
Our Tahoe worked great in those same hauling / camping / cargo conditions, particularly the decade we spent all our recreating and home renovation time in the Sierras, Lake Isabella, Sequoias. Hauled all our crap, towed trailers and boats, AND kept our belongings secured and out of foul weather instead of in a pickup bed. And it comfortably transported 6 on trips to our vacation house there for river rafting trips.
The Suburban will now do much the same and more comfortably take our two big dogs with us (also in comfort) AND all our junk. I've already used a large canvas tarp as a cargo liner for hauling firewood in it, for hauling stinky wet dogs back from the ocean, hauled bags of manure and plants home from the nursery. Big whoop. And it's got the same 4'x8' cargo area as my longbed pickup, for picking up lumber etc, including full 4'x8' sheets of plywood and drywall. A LARGE SUV is a lot more capable than you think / claim.
"best Large SUV stock"
a trip to the mountain house with 3 people, a big dog and a bunch of home remodeling crap. There's even a bunch of 6' fence planks buried in there, in our old '99 Tahoe.
And after selling the house and clearing it out, with a 14' tandem axle trailer.
Older pickups are 'inexpensive'. Especially if you keep them for 29 years
. If I need to haul a dead critter or a loose scoop of horse manure, I'll use a pickup. For everything short of that and so much more where comfort and security matters, I'll use our LARGE SUVs.
But I'm glad I've got a pickup too, for things like hauling a ton of travertine tile
Or dragging a big boulder out of my jacuzzi hole (which I also hauled up to the mountains in the back of that pickup. Granted, an SUV won't do that (without a trailer).
My '85 C-10 longbed pickup and my suburban are within an inch of each other in overall length and likewise similar wheelbase. 365k mi on my C-10, about 50k of that in the southwest deserts and forests with dirt bikes and ATCs and such. My point is I have long experience with both vehicle types in a wide range of activities. THE TOPIC is about "best Large SUV stock", not about your midsize and pickup prejudices.
And speaking of the latter, the Jeep Wagoneer is fully 38" shorter than the Suburban, 36cu' LESS interior room, no wonder you felt crowded by your junk. And it's more than a foot shorter than my Tahoe. No wonder you scoff at the comfort and utility of a LARGE SUV - you've never owned one.
Our Tahoe worked great in those same hauling / camping / cargo conditions, particularly the decade we spent all our recreating and home renovation time in the Sierras, Lake Isabella, Sequoias. Hauled all our crap, towed trailers and boats, AND kept our belongings secured and out of foul weather instead of in a pickup bed. And it comfortably transported 6 on trips to our vacation house there for river rafting trips.
The Suburban will now do much the same and more comfortably take our two big dogs with us (also in comfort) AND all our junk. I've already used a large canvas tarp as a cargo liner for hauling firewood in it, for hauling stinky wet dogs back from the ocean, hauled bags of manure and plants home from the nursery. Big whoop. And it's got the same 4'x8' cargo area as my longbed pickup, for picking up lumber etc, including full 4'x8' sheets of plywood and drywall. A LARGE SUV is a lot more capable than you think / claim.
"best Large SUV stock"
a trip to the mountain house with 3 people, a big dog and a bunch of home remodeling crap. There's even a bunch of 6' fence planks buried in there, in our old '99 Tahoe.
And after selling the house and clearing it out, with a 14' tandem axle trailer.
Older pickups are 'inexpensive'. Especially if you keep them for 29 years
. If I need to haul a dead critter or a loose scoop of horse manure, I'll use a pickup. For everything short of that and so much more where comfort and security matters, I'll use our LARGE SUVs.But I'm glad I've got a pickup too, for things like hauling a ton of travertine tile
Or dragging a big boulder out of my jacuzzi hole (which I also hauled up to the mountains in the back of that pickup. Granted, an SUV won't do that (without a trailer).
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