Pics of my '98 'burb

[bl78ljb]

Here are some photos of my 1998 Suburban. In these I was hooked to my parents' camper (28' 6600# empty weight which is how I pulled it). Need some mods to help towing it before the next time.

[Mark Rinker]

Nice looking combo!

Hard to tell from the picture, maybe a 2" drop ball hitch would level out the trailer, and reduce frontal area / wind drag. At 6600#, its not the weight thats slowing you down. Its the wind.

Mods I would suggest: 1) Intake / 2) Exhaust / 3) Turbo-Master / 4)Gauges / 5) Chip (in that order) until you find the power you are looking for...you won't believe the difference!

[RC2004]

Is that an 88 Celebrity in the background? and a 1 owner 78 Suburban? Is there a 2 tone brown Suburban hidden somewhere also?... Nice lineup indeed...

[AKMark]

I agree, drop that thing another inch or two. You should have a few more spots to adjust with on the weight distributing hitch.

[bl78ljb]

Wow Rick, you drug this up from the archives. You're off by a year on the Celebrity it was an '89 and has since moved on. The '78 is a Blazer, and the Brown Suburban is still in NH. The line-up now has an '05 Silverado 2500HD and a 2010 Suburban 2500. And to the commenter on the hitch, it was adjusted prior to the trip but only had an opportunity to shoot the photo prior.

[AKMark]

Do you have 3.73 or 4.10 gears?

I just sold a 99 with 4.10's and the same size tires. It did great. I had a 97 with 3.73's and the same size tires and it was a slug.

Run a set of 235/85R16's. Nice narrow 32's only 1/2" shorter than the current tires.

[bl78ljb]

It has the 4.10s and goes pretty well with those tires. If I did it again, however, I'd get different wheels to tuck the tires in a bit more.