this is the follow up to all my nervous questions over in GlamisReed Sierra thread. a bunch of you talked me off the ledge about buying my first tow rig off a lot, so here is how it actually went. i wound up with a 2018 Chevy Tahoe LT, 5.3 V8, 4x4, factory tow package, 74k miles, one owner trade, that i bought off jacksboroautosales.com and shipped up to Boise.
why a Tahoe instead of a truck. all i haul is one RZR 900 on a 14 foot open trailer that sits around 3,400 pounds loaded, so a 3/4 ton was more truck and more fuel than i needed. the Tahoe is rated to pull way past that, my wife will actually drive it, and it doubles as the family hauler the rest of the year. for a single machine and a light trailer it made more sense than a diesel i would be babysitting for no reason.
price was 29,400. the Chevy stores around Boise wanted 36 and up for a comparable Tahoe with more miles, so that spread paid for shipping and a year of gas. i did exactly what everyone told me and paid a mobile mechanic near the jacksboro lot 140 bucks to scan it and put it on a lift before i sent money.
the one honest knock, and that is the whole point of these threads, the trailer wiring needed a fresh 7 to 4 pin adapter and one running board had a scuff. both were called out in the listing, neither cost me more than a few bucks and twenty minutes. not hiding it so nobody thinks the truck rolled in perfect.