Vehicle used to pull

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by Troutkiller2006

97 gmc sierra z71 with 250k. ive had her since 98 with zero major problems and have towed many boats and various trailers with her. in fact probably half of those miles have been pulling a load. at the ramp i put her in low and just let the 5.7 idle. even with the old heavy 23 chapparral walk around, no
throttle needed.

guess what im saying is your honda can suck it!!! and your little nissan too!!!! buy a real truck! MERICA!!!!!!

yall know im kidding, right? those little jap trucks are cute

Carefull with the Jap comments, my DURAMAX says ISUZU all over it. And I doubt you want to compare a 5.7l vortec to it.

[Destroyer]

My Diesel IHC Scout had a Nissan 722 6 cylinder engine in it. That thing was a workhorse.

[garbubba]

Lots of rigs can pull a v-20, but not all of them can stop so good. Like others said weight is important. I've pulled with an old 1997 land cruiser for years, (it's in my shop now for repairs & I'm bummed) Nothing better, full time 4wd, turns tight and that sucker weighs a ton (or 2 1/2).
Over my career I've towed with anything you can imagine, vans, minivans!, suburbans, jimmy's, s-10's, 4x4's of all makes, brush trucks, and I'd say that the only thing that compares to my cruiser is a suburban, The suburban has more power, but far bigger turning radius. SUV's definitely out pull pickups because of more rear weight. Shorter pickups with 4wd would be my second choice.

All that being said, I live near you & unless you plan to use some of the more primitive sandy launches you should be fine launching & recovering with anything that would tow your rig safely 2 or 4wd, although you probably want to avoid a standard tranny, ramps can eat up a clutch pretty quick.

[bradford]

Couple of the comments remind me of a thread I read on an offroad/bugout vehicle thread on a different forum. Couple of guys were somewhere like the baja or some far off wilderness with their modded out 4x4s carrying gear, hilift jacks, had winches on the front and back etc. They got out to walk a particularly bad section of trail to plan their angles etc and as their walking back to their rigs they get passed by an old native type driving a rusted out '85 2 wheel drive nissan pickup with bald tires and 7 kids under ten riding in the back.

[oteps]

like garbubba said, stopping is important. Does your trailer have brakes on both axles? if so u can get away with a lighter vehicle. It might not be as fast up a hill but you will be able to stop better. I have a f350 superduty 7.3 and a older f250 460. but I also pull a 28 ft camper and a skidloader. The 250 is a lot shorter and easier to turn but terrible gas mileage. I almost always use the 350 but its a crew cab 4 door with 8 ft bed. I also have one of those jap vehicles! but would not pull the boat with it.
I would say go with any good condition 1/2 ton truck or v8 suv. unless u pull bigger stuff or want better fuel mileage. my 7.3 got 19 mpg before new injectors and chip, haven't checked it since. I don't want to know what the 460 gets! but would guess 8 or 10.