Brisk wrote:
You make a very good point. However I am not sure I totally agree. My old Tahoe used to tow very well. Then I pulled the same trailers with my brothers Yukon XL with the same drive train and it felt much more stable even though I had a larger rear overhang. Overall a longer wheelbase seemed to help dramatically
Just curious as to what year Tahoe you had and what year Yukon XL your brother had? The ratio of the rear overhang to the wheelbase of a Tahoe/Yukon/Suburban/Yukon XL are darn near identical (I haven't verified this on the 2015's yet!!). Your improved handling you experienced didn't come from the longer wheelbase, but from some other mean(s).
I am sure there is some function of tow vehicle weight and ratio of rear overhang to wheelbase that would come into play, but we both went from a lighter to heavier vehicle and had different experiences. Neither of my vehicles had sway with the trailer towed, but the Suburban would get pushed around by passing larger vehicles while I never encountered another vehicle large enough to experience that push with the Envoy.
For the OP...if it were me and the ratio is the same for the Expeditions, get the one you want. What I do know is that the added luggage are of our Suburban far out weighed ever having a shorter vehicle for us.
