2011 Suburban 1500 with tow package
I've been looking through the forums, just because I hate asking the same quesiton someone else already has. But here we go, last year we took our 11 burb from florida to yosemite and back (we have a...
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Agree with donn above. You were almost certainly overloaded with all that stuff in/on the Suburban, along with the trailer.
There's a catch to "tow ratings." Your Suburban has a limited payload capacity, which has to account for people, stuff, and the trailer tongue. When a manufacturer says your Suburban can tow 8100lbs, for example, that is a best case scenario where there is nothing in the Suburban except you and maybe one passenger. It is NOT packed to the gills with kids, generator, bicycles, etc..
Every pound you put in the Suburban beyond you and your wife is about 8lbs less trailer you can tow. 1000lbs of stuff is 8000lbs less trailer.
If you were not pleased with the performance before, you will HATE it with the larger camper unless you can shed a lot of the weight you had in the Suburban.
There's a catch to "tow ratings." Your Suburban has a limited payload capacity, which has to account for people, stuff, and the trailer tongue. When a manufacturer says your Suburban can tow 8100lbs, for example, that is a best case scenario where there is nothing in the Suburban except you and maybe one passenger. It is NOT packed to the gills with kids, generator, bicycles, etc..
Every pound you put in the Suburban beyond you and your wife is about 8lbs less trailer you can tow. 1000lbs of stuff is 8000lbs less trailer.
If you were not pleased with the performance before, you will HATE it with the larger camper unless you can shed a lot of the weight you had in the Suburban.
