2015 Yukon TT Weight Help
Hello all, I'm new here and we are currently in the search for a "new" TT for the family. Mostly looking at the used market as it seems like a good place to start out to make sure everyone enjoys things before upgrading. :)
I've done a fair bit of research on what is the right weight for my vehicle but vetting it out with the experts here is what I'm after. Below is what I know about my vehicle and what I'm thinking in way of possible weight of TT.
It's a 2015 Yukon minus the heavy duty trailer package. We have the 3.08's but the Service Part Description sticker shows the vehicle came equipped with the Oil and Trans cooler. Max payload sticker shows 1500lbs and the hitch show's max tongue weight of 1000lbs. I'm figuring approx 500lbs of gear in the Yukon leaving 1000lbs of payload (tongue weight). Max towing capacity is 6300lbs.
TT's we're looking at have a tongue weight of around 500lbs with empty weight of 5100/5300lbs. Assuming full of clean water we'll probably be around 5500/5800lbs.
One concern we have is we're located out in Denver, CO and with a gasser I have heard you want to play it down some due to high altitude and naturally aspirated engines struggling a bit up here.
My couple questions are is the "high altitude" concern legit and the other being is the dry weight of what we're looking at seem reasonable or should we look at smaller/lighter units?
Thanks in advance for all the helpful insight!!
I've done a fair bit of research on what is the right weight for my vehicle but vetting it out with the experts here is what I'm after. Below is what I know about my vehicle and what I'm thinking in way of possible weight of TT.
It's a 2015 Yukon minus the heavy duty trailer package. We have the 3.08's but the Service Part Description sticker shows the vehicle came equipped with the Oil and Trans cooler. Max payload sticker shows 1500lbs and the hitch show's max tongue weight of 1000lbs. I'm figuring approx 500lbs of gear in the Yukon leaving 1000lbs of payload (tongue weight). Max towing capacity is 6300lbs.
TT's we're looking at have a tongue weight of around 500lbs with empty weight of 5100/5300lbs. Assuming full of clean water we'll probably be around 5500/5800lbs.
One concern we have is we're located out in Denver, CO and with a gasser I have heard you want to play it down some due to high altitude and naturally aspirated engines struggling a bit up here.
My couple questions are is the "high altitude" concern legit and the other being is the dry weight of what we're looking at seem reasonable or should we look at smaller/lighter units?
Thanks in advance for all the helpful insight!!
