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dante93gtz
Explorer
Oct 26, 2017

Help me make sense of my vehicle's towing capabilities

I'm trying to best determine what my truck is (and is not) capable of hauling. We recently sold our F350 diesel in favor of something with 3 rows of seating. We bought a '14 Cadillac Escalade ESV AW...
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mkirsch
Nomad II
Oct 26, 2017
By your calculations, 672lbs is correct. It's only going to get lower as your kids grow.

Most people are surprised at how little tongue weight capacity they have with a full sized SUV once the kids are loaded up.

That puts you in a 5600lbs trailer LOADED, and you will be using up every last ounce of capacity in your Escalade. Actually you will be upwards of 100lbs overweight, because you haven't included the weight of the trailer hitch. Plus your kids will keep growing.

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