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1/2 ton or 3/4ton

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Im looking to by a suburban and was wondering if I should hold out for a 3/4 ton or just buy a 1/2 ton. It will be used for camping, driving on the highway to go snowboarding, maybe pull a boat and just about everything else. It will NOT be a DD, but like I said will be driven on the street some, if that matters.
Was wondering what the pros and cons are to both. I have a good deal on 90 1/2 ton was just curious as to what you guys thought. Thanks
 
Get a 3/4 ton. Just letting you know right now thats what 99.9% of the replies to you will be.
 
We just bought a 99 K1500 'Burb. I was thinking about finding a K2500 the whole time just for the extra capacity. In the owners manual however, my K1500 with 3.73 gears is rated to pull 6500lbs and the K2500 is rated for 7000.

If you're planning alot of heavy mods to it like a sleeping platform, roof rack, ect, you may want to just start with the 2500, but for my needs, I think the 1500 will do, and if not I can score a set of 2500 rear springs and a semi-float 14b with 3.73's easy enough I believe.

That's my $0.02, hope it helps. :waytogo:
 
IMO you should hold out for the K2500. Subs are heavy.

I think I read somewhere on this very site that the 3/4 ton and 1 ton frames are a thicker guage steel also. I think it was 1/2 ton = .160 and the 3/4 and 1 tons were .230
 
honestly it dosnt matter. find a sub that has a solid body, and options you want. even if you buy a 1500, the 3/4 ton axles are cheap and bolt right in. my logic is 1500's were more likely the grocery getters, and led sheltered lives. the 2500's were probably the work horses. and got abused more.
 
To further narrow your search:
Find a 1991 3/4 ton! That way you get the 4L80e transmission from the factory.
 
sf151 said:
Would the 91 3/4 ton be the most desirable to get?
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Yes it would. Try for the Silverado trim package, usually pretty loaded. The Scottsdale trim package is the stripped down work truck, bench seats, rubber floor covering, etc.
Mine is getting an average of 11 MPG in the hills of PA. Lowest was 8.9 pulling a 10K# trailer from Charleston S.C. to Ohio. SR77 has a 7% grade for 8 mi. in VA. that sucked, it never complained.:bow:
Best was 17! on the return trip with no trailer, granted it's "down hill" the whole way.:whistle:
I'm also about to turn 200k by the next oil change.:woot:
 
Matt J. said:
A 1 ton sub from the factory would have been sweet.
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They didn't because it's literally impossible to be able to utilize a 1 ton's capacity with a Suburban platform.

Same goes for a 3/4 Blazer, physically impossible to be a 3/4ton.
 
rjfguitar said:
They didn't because it's literally impossible to be able to utilize a 1 ton's capacity with a Suburban platform.

Same goes for a 3/4 Blazer, physically impossible to be a 3/4ton.
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Sorry but not true.
I but a 2 yards of gravel in my blazer. That is 1 ton territory.
I did have one ton springs on there and a big honking 5.8 turbo diesel with a sm465 and 205 and I was going on flat for 15 miles, but that was not the only time I did crazy **** like that and I know I am not the only one judging from the post " what was the most you put in your K5... "
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