Sluggish towing with GMC Yukon
I just picked up a used 2007 Jayco Exp 17C & towed it home last night with my 2011 GMC Yukon SLT. The drive was 2 hrs & lots of hills in TN. I had the tow mode on. It seemed to struggle up the big hil...
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I would say get whichever truck you want and are most comfortable with. I don't think you'll see a real difference in towing between the two.
Another thing to consider is how often do you think you'll be pulling the travel trailer compared to no trailer or the boat? I went the route of getting the smaller engine on my Suburban because I figured I would drive it around mostly empty and only occasionally tow with it. So I wanted the better gas mileage while hauling the kids to soccer.
In my situation though I found that at 9 - 12 mpg around town the Suburban just sits in the driveway unless going camping. So in that sense it would have made more sense to get the bigger engine and forget the gas mileage.
Another thing to consider is how often do you think you'll be pulling the travel trailer compared to no trailer or the boat? I went the route of getting the smaller engine on my Suburban because I figured I would drive it around mostly empty and only occasionally tow with it. So I wanted the better gas mileage while hauling the kids to soccer.
In my situation though I found that at 9 - 12 mpg around town the Suburban just sits in the driveway unless going camping. So in that sense it would have made more sense to get the bigger engine and forget the gas mileage.
