Mini Van vs Full size pickup

I need a car trailer & this truck has the bumper to prove it.

If you go this way then make sure you have great insurance, I would hang a nice hitch under the bumper.

Depends a lot on what your hauling. Mini van would be prefect for someone more into e scrap, kinda hard to pull a 3 ton load on a car trailer with a mini van. And bumpers are junk, I would recommend nothing less than a class 5 reciever hitch. I bought a b & w, and Love it. I have a draw pin hitch which is pretty handy when I tow farm equitment home whole, and takes just a minute to switch back to the 2" ball.

I would never trust a bumper hitch... Rust and rot scares the hell outta me. Get one that bolts directly to the frame. Can handle much more weight and is alot more trustworthy.

If that's a rough ride, bob tail, which means w/o a trailer, a semi 200 miles! A rough ride with erratic braking awaits you on that trip!

I have seen scrappers drag a load in a trash can on wheels & few scrappers with a Bike & trailer . So any car is better then on foot. But now that I use a pickup I see a pick up can get more work done then a mini .
The draw back I see is , with a mini & a lite load you get decent fuel economy so the gamble of just heading off to the yard with $30 bucks of scrap with the hope of finding on the way there and or back (good odds) a no loose situation .

The pick up I have I don't see as a gas guzzler but requires you to drive very methodical & very slow or you will use fuel. - - Reducing the (good odds) to a no loose situation

Yeah getting upwards of 30 mpg would be nice but I doubt any mini van could tow more than 3000 #, SAFELY. But since I don't do curbco mpg isn't a dire issue for me.

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

I use an love my mini-van. You haters with your pick up trucks, an trailers...pssshhwww!



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Don't count me with the haters , I see the advantages and dis... of each . If money was not an issue certainly a pickup can be superior as I have talked to many a diesel owner saying 24 25 mpg is what they get ,
I had pushed my van to the limits and it did it . But for sure there were times a auto accident, I would of had an assortment of things taking my head off .

Not sure if there is any perfect scrap auto for all the scenarios.
But to day I picked up some scrap out of a Field that went down a grassy path, my mini would not of pulled it off.
YET when I look at the collection of stock I have ,the pickup will have a hard act to follow

Lets start with 1200 trips to the yard no matter how nasty it looked never broke down I figure 80,000 miles of use
Chevy venture purchased with 99,000 best car ever = brakes tires thats all !!

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

I use an love my mini-van. You haters with your pick up trucks, an trailers...pssshhwww!



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Oh no you didnt !

Rather than a mini van, why not a Buick Roadmaster wagon with the tow package? Near 30mpg on the highway, 5000LBs towing capacity, RWD, Lots of aftermarket performance/suspension, Very roomy on the inside, and drives like a cadillac lol.

Im currently looking for one as of now and they seem to be had cheap around $2500 for a good example with the LT1. The older sbc350s can be had for as cheap as $1200.

Originally Posted by andrew1990

Rather than a mini van, why not a Buick Roadmaster wagon with the tow package? Near 30mpg on the highway, 5000LBs towing capacity, RWD, Lots of aftermarket performance/suspension, Very roomy on the inside, and drives like a cadillac lol.

Im currently looking for one as of now and they seem to be had cheap around $2500 for a good example with the LT1. The older sbc350s can be had for as cheap as $1200.

Wile this is a long time ago in 1977 my family had a 1977 Pontiac Catalina with a 301 CID . Known as the B-body

Engine choices were vast
231 cu in (3.8 L) Buick V6
250 cu in (4.1 L) Chevrolet Straight-6
265 cu in (4.3 L) Pontiac V8
301 cu in (4.9 L) Pontiac V8
350 cu in (5.7 L) Oldsmobile Diesel V8
350 cu in (5.7 L) Pontiac V8
400 cu in (6.6 L) Pontiac V8

I guess when you look at the B body from General Motors - TO SOME PEOPLE - the look is not to there liking ... But to drive one is to love one they were considered downsized form what was being made at the time , & still they were big cars . Smooth great handling , A fine car .
The road master ... Now thats a car ... advertised to tow up to 5000 pounds, and extended to 7,000 lbs with a weight distributing hitch
Engine choices
5.0 L L03 V8
5.7 L L05 V8
5.7 L LT1 V8
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To me they are just to fine a car to ever say one bad thing about .-
B-body GM cars also includes Chevrolet Caprice Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser .
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My 2003 Chev venture rest in peace