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I do tow my boat a lot 9 months of the year to fish. In my original post, I remarked my Tahoe suspension seemed too soft and asked for recommendations on stiffening it up. To me, the fact it drops over an inch when connected to trailer is a symptom of a soft suspension.
No, it's totally GM's bad for releasing a tow vehicle to the market with a Max Tow option and not designing the IRS geometry right. Must be one of those cheap recent graduates they hired...
Its not the geometry. Its simple physics (using that term loosely lmao). If they want it to ride all nice and fluffy…well it aint gonna tow diddly.
Sag isn't a problem if you design the linkage correctly to keep everything in line...
Meh, thats pretty much all the springs doing. Soft riding springs are just gonna sag. Not much can be done about that.
I guess I didn't realize the air ride was not included with the max trailering and max towing package. Why they wouldn't automatically include that when the truck is rated to tow 8800lbs is beyond me but then again I'm not an engineer. However with the air ride i've noticed when I disconnect my dump trailer i have to put an extra block under the tongue to get it unhooked because the truck rises so high...I've always towed with either a 2500 series GMC van, 2500 series or 1500 series pickup so never had these issues. Once the truck is shut off it slowly lowers back to normal height but kindof a pain. Learning curve on my part I suppose...All things considered mine tows well. Good luck and let us know what route you decide to go.
It will tow it....it just ain't gonna look pretty. You can spend a bunch of extra money on hitch enhancers, WD and the like. But having air ride solves this neatly and perfectly every time. If you tow, it's at least a nice to have if not a need to have. Levels my 5K TriToon out perfectly.
Yeah, I'm sure the air ride is great until you have to repair it. If they had been transparent about the shortcomings of a tow vehicle rated to 8000# and offering a max tow package, I would have ordered it. IF they offered it on RST. Ridiculous that it is High Country only. It's just really poor execution.
You could manually lower the vehicle when you park to disconnect…
