Just completed the torture test - PASS!
Well, the big vacation of the year was a success. Heaped some major abuse on the Suburban, but she came through without a single hiccup.
Highlights:
Trip duration: 18 days
Total miles: 5,300 (MI-AZ-UT-CO-MI)
Towing miles: 4,900
Most miles towing in one day: 776 miles (Loveland, CO to Iowa City)
Days of 600+ towing miles: 3 (3 more days at 400+)
Pulled the trailer through the Eisenhower tunnel and over Vail Pass on I-70.
Visited 5 National Parks - Grand Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Natural Bridges and Rocky Mountain
Scaled Pikes Peak (without trailer ;))
Climbed Trail Ridge Road
Logged ~20 miles of moderate 4 wheeling in Moab - Gemini Bridges and White Rim Road. Not just dirt roads - some frame-scraping.
Very pleased with how the Suburban performed. Only service I did during the trip was an oil change in Moab, after about 2700 miles.
Here's a shot from White Rim Rd, parallel parked next to a 300-foot drop:
Highlights:
Trip duration: 18 days
Total miles: 5,300 (MI-AZ-UT-CO-MI)
Towing miles: 4,900
Most miles towing in one day: 776 miles (Loveland, CO to Iowa City)
Days of 600+ towing miles: 3 (3 more days at 400+)
Pulled the trailer through the Eisenhower tunnel and over Vail Pass on I-70.
Visited 5 National Parks - Grand Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Natural Bridges and Rocky Mountain
Scaled Pikes Peak (without trailer ;))
Climbed Trail Ridge Road
Logged ~20 miles of moderate 4 wheeling in Moab - Gemini Bridges and White Rim Road. Not just dirt roads - some frame-scraping.
Very pleased with how the Suburban performed. Only service I did during the trip was an oil change in Moab, after about 2700 miles.
Here's a shot from White Rim Rd, parallel parked next to a 300-foot drop:
