Conor Knoxx
New Member
Avalanche
I got a Chev Avalanche this year, and am very happy with the "utility" of it! It looks like a short-box, but the back seats fold down, so you can put a 4 x 8 sheet in and close the tailgate. With the tonneau cover on in place and tailgate closed, its an "airtight" box/cargo area(Lol, there's even lights in the sides of box!) With the tailgate down, you can fit 10ft before its hanging over the tailgate. Tailgate is lockable (big deal if you need to leave tools unattended! ), 2 lockable "tool compartments" on the fender wells. The tonneau cover removes in 3 pieces and also will carry 250 lbs. Put the rear seats back up, and you have seating for 5 people, and it rides like a Caddy with lots of bells and whistles.
I got a Chev Avalanche this year, and am very happy with the "utility" of it! It looks like a short-box, but the back seats fold down, so you can put a 4 x 8 sheet in and close the tailgate. With the tonneau cover on in place and tailgate closed, its an "airtight" box/cargo area(Lol, there's even lights in the sides of box!) With the tailgate down, you can fit 10ft before its hanging over the tailgate. Tailgate is lockable (big deal if you need to leave tools unattended! ), 2 lockable "tool compartments" on the fender wells. The tonneau cover removes in 3 pieces and also will carry 250 lbs. Put the rear seats back up, and you have seating for 5 people, and it rides like a Caddy with lots of bells and whistles.
Oh, forgot to mention, we also hauled lots of boxes of tee shirts and business stuff. Wish I had it still. These days, I drive a Ford Ranger with a cab on the back, bought that with just a few miles on it back in 2001. I love driving it, but it's only a 6' bed and with the wheel wells, won't handle the 4x8 sheets as easily as the Dodge Caravan did. The big drawback on the Dodge Caravan though, we went through several transmissions, don't know if they still have issues like that with the Caravans, but have had no problems with my truck.
