Towing...

[SloZ71Hoe]

Ok, i pull a trailor every now and then with my tahoe. Well last trailor i pulled was a heavy ass car hauler with my Fullsize truck on it. This had my tahoe really saggin in the rear. IS there anything thing i can do to help this so when i go pick my truck up it wont be as bad!?!?

I didnt know if they made some kinda helper bags for the springs of what... can someone lead me in the right direction?

 

[odie301]

i installed a set of airlift 1000 bags. They went in pretty easy..took about 30-45 mins. When not towing you need to keep 5psi in the bags... otherwise they go up to 30 or 35 psi and are supposed to level up to 1000lbs. I like the ride with them installed, it takes away some of the sway in the rear when cornering...too much air w/o load gets a bit rough, but liveable if you were on your way to get a heavy trailer and didn't have air where the trailer was.

 

[BlueTahoe2001]

i installed a set of airlift 1000 bags. They went in pretty easy..took about 30-45 mins. When not towing you need to keep 5psi in the bags... otherwise they go up to 30 or 35 psi and are supposed to level up to 1000lbs. I like the ride with them installed, it takes away some of the sway in the rear when cornering...too much air w/o load gets a bit rough, but liveable if you were on your way to get a heavy trailer and didn't have air where the trailer was.

X2 on the Airlift bags...

 

[thumper_ehhhhh]

I agree on the air bags. I'm looking to get some for myself.

 

[Max]

Airlift 60769

 

[oreowizard98]

Airlift 60769

Im not too familiar with these. Do they go inside the rear springs? Im used to the ones on the leaf springs for my Silverado.

 

[Max]

Yep inner spring helper bags.

 

[SloZ71Hoe]

Nice! thats just what i need!! thanks... i figured they had something like this, ive seen them on GTO's and stuff.

 

[Rivieraracing]

Also, you should look into getting a bigger tranny cooler installed, the stockers are very small and a bigger cooler is cheap insurance!!

 

[b1pig]

hmmm....

i towed my lifted Grand Cherokee with my Tahoe a few years ago... all the way out to Utah. The tow hitch is rated at 500lb tongue loading, isnt it? I fiddled with mine until I got the rear end squatted "enough". I spent 30 minutes with the balancing act. Too much or too little tongue loading and the rear was swaying. I thought the trailer was driving at one point.

Once I had the balancing act completed, I always drove the Jeep to the same point on the trailer. I also learned to watch the rear end drop to a certain point... since learning that, I've never had any towing issues or discomfort. The bags are great if you regularly haul long distances. I'd think that if you're going a short disance, the trick would be load balancing.