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Wondering if anybody else uses an SUV to pull their lawn trailer? I would ideally use a truck, but a Jeep Grand Cherokee is what I have for the time being. It works fine, but would like to have a truck just to toss stuff in the bed.

I have seen it but it looks tacky. But if it works than that's what's important I guess.

smitts961 said:

Wondering if anybody else uses an SUV to pull their lawn trailer? I would ideally use a truck, but a Jeep Grand Cherokee is what I have for the time being. It works fine, but would like to have a truck just to toss stuff in the bed.

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I use a mercury mountaineer and a dodge ram truck.
I know a guy that pulls his trailer with a Yukon.

There is no rule that's says you need a pickup but there are guys that have the big landscape trucks that would say pulling a trailer at all is tacky.

Man just use what you have. If no one likes it then to bad for them.
Your out to make money not show off

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ericds said:

I have seen it but it looks tacky. But if it works than that's what's important I guess.

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Why does it look tacky?

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Carscw said:

Why does it look tacky?

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I think it looks tacky if it's pulled by an old beat-up SUV (something like this)....



But not if it's decent (like these).

--OR--

(http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp...CC-27-013-800.jpg.pagespeed.ic.j2F58d8GW9.jpg)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/6347918578_a6b8853583.jpg)
(http://lawnchat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/happy-grass-care.jpg)

Do you have someone to impress? Get a new 50,000 dollar + pickup and really show off.

reynoldston said:

Do you have someone to impress? Get a new 50,000 dollar + pickup and really show off.

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Like this: A $250,000 lawn care truck? | Lawn Care Business Marketing Tips - GopherHaul Blog

lawn mower fanatic said:

Like this: A $250,000 lawn care truck? | Lawn Care Business Marketing Tips - GopherHaul Blog

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So you work just to pay for the set up

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I use a 2006 Dodge 2500 Cummins 6 spd standard shift. We pull a 16' cargo trailer with our equipment in it. Our mowers weigh around 2700#'s not including everyone else. At times I wish I had an SUV that had the towing capacity to haul everything.

When we started cutting grass I already had the truck and it was paid for wthi less than 100k miles on it. Therefore I kept it and use it.

I think using what you have makes more sense than spending money you might not have to impress somebody that really would not matter to start with......

I have an 02 Chevy Avalanche its not an suv but it gets the job done I have had several people tell me they never saw anyone use these like a truck I just chuckle.

I have used my jeep cherokee crammed all the stuff back there in middle of summer with no a/c ... miserable
Now I have 04 nissan titan with 12 ft trailer much better

Use whatever you have to pull your trailer. Personally i prefer a truck but we do landscape as well. I've a 16 foot dump trailer that weighs almost 4k pounds empty an 18' utility trailer for the kabota utility tractor and my 18' landscape trailer that i pull everyday with mowers blowers trimmer and edgers. I wouldn't want to pull a trailer everyday without a diesel truck it would just destroy an SUV doing what we do everyday. But not everyone has the set up

2008 Toyota Tundra and a 2006 Chevy 3500 dump.