Interesting insight and good question!
My poor husband has already had to upgrade his vehicle/my tow vehicle once before. He is in the market to get a newer Yukon, stronger engine, but most likely 2WD...but that might be a year off. Planning to do Big bend National Park (towing out from Bluffton, SC) in November. That would be our first round of experience with the setup.
We have a heavy duty hitch and excellent sway bars. I am very confident and whipping my current camper in and out of gas stations, parking lots and up mountain passes. Only white-knuckle experience to date was crossing the Montana plains last summer during a storm. I had to remind myself to breathe!
Anyway...the mentioned trip will be about 2.5 weeks. Won't do the longer trip until the following summer and hope to have a new tow vehicle by then. I just don't won't to strain this engine before that time. My husband is trusting me to make the right or rather the best decision that also protects the life of the tow vehicle engine. So..I don't take this lightly.
