Opinions on Towing with Yukon

[Dave01]

The weight is well within range, not sure how tall the trailer is but the enclosure will create quite a bit of wind resistance, so at highway speeds you'll definitely be feeling it between the weight and wind. Make sure the trailer brakes are working well. Also, you can affect tongue weight quite a bit by how far forward you load the car on the trailer, you want at least 400 lbs. of tongue weight, a bit more might pull better.

Hope this helps! Not sure about mirrors.

 

[Wake]

This Yukon came with the tow package so it has the big hitch. As I recall it dose have 3.73 gears. Some of those mirror extensions look out of place. I was looking for more of a permanent replacement type mirrors.

Look at eBay and Amazon for permanent replacement mirrors. I've seen quite a few that look similar to the stock mirrors but pushed out for towing. From what I remember, if you spend a few bucks more you can get the power/heated mirrors.

I'm thinking about these things as I plan on getting around a 25' travel trailer in the future so trailer brake controller is also a must.

One thing I'm curious about. My Escalade has a tow/haul mode for the transmission. Do the Tahoes/Yukons also have this mode? It holds gears longer, delays the upshifts quite a bit as well as dropping down the gears with much less throttle.

 

[YukonXL04]

Yea my Yukon has it as well. But you have the 6.0 and that's definitely better for towing

 

[YukonBill]

Thanks for all the great information. I did not think about the wind resistance. Most likely I will not be traveling over 55 as that is the max towing speed limit here in california.

 

[dropmech]

Yet another reason why California needs to just hurry up and drop off into the Pacific.

 

[JochenWoern]

Yet another reason why California needs to just hurry up and drop off into the Pacific.

Ha, Ha, ............ I could not agree with you more on that. ;-)

 

[Goodinblack]

Yet another reason why California needs to just hurry up and drop off into the Pacific.

LOL

They are so amuck with stupid laws its not funny

 

[JochenWoern]

lol

they are so amuck with stupid laws its not funny

^ x1

 

[02tahoeindiana]

As everyones said your truck will tow just fine just get the wallet ready for fuel. I pull a rig the same weight but its pretty tall its a wakeboard boat. I get 12-14mpg will be taking it cross country this spring. Two inexpensive mods that make trailering with these trucks susbstamtially better are airbags for the back and towing mirros. Mirrors depend on budget but i will post the links to the bags and the mirrors I use. Both work excellent the bags have made towing much better I personally wouldnt tow high weight with these trucks wotjout them, our trucks sag and sway stock.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000CFO0GI/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1389011966&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001AJMOLS/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1389012224&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70

 

[YukonBill]

How difficult is it to install the air bags on the rear? This Yukon has autoride suspension.