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My family was growing and my wife started talking about minivans, so I countered with the Suburban idea. I wanted to find a clean 6.5 diesel 3/4 ton, preferably with leather, and used crazedlist.com to search craigslist ads all up and down the west coast, rocky mountain states and Texas, where I was spending a lot of time on business. After a few months I found this 94 in Washington for a decent price, about a four hour drive away. I took my wife. She drove it in the pouring rain and liked it, felt that it seemed stable, safe and secure. I think the front IFS had something to do with it, maybe the grippy Toyos, and the ride height didn't hurt either. So it is now our kid hauler and vacation/camping/towing/hunting wagon. Above are pics from a recent deer hunting trip with my seven year old. All the kids love it and call it the Burban. It has become so popular with the kids, I had to add a fourth row bench so that their cousins could join them. We pile the kids in and take them to drive-ins, airshows, parades, camping etc -- far more useful than a mini-van, a point my wife now concedes.
