Towing with a Tahoe

[travelnman]

Anyone tow with a Tahoe vs Suburban? Considering buying a 2014 Tahoe in beautiful shape just like granny used to drive. Wonder if the shorter wheel base will give me trouble with sway. With the suburban I have none at all. The suburban has the 3.73 axel with the 5.3 engine and handles the job but could use a little more power which the Tahoe has.
It also has the 3.42 axel, 5.3 engine, newer six speed transmission. My suburban has the older four speed trany. The TT is a Keystone Spingdale 2008 coming in at 6,200 dry. Both vehicles have all the heavy duty cooling, larger radiators, etc. Any experience with a Tahoe towing would be helpful before I spend my life savings on one.

[MitchF150]

Well, my first thought is that you should not be spending your "life savings" on a tow vehicle, if the one you already have works for you??

#6200 dry weight trailer is gonna be pretty heavy and long if I had to guess?

But, just off the cuff thinking here... I would not go from a 'burb' to a shorter wheelbase vehicle if the old 'burb' handles it fine for the sake of "more power"...

Just for comparison, my TT is around #5500 dry and #7000 gross and I tow it with an F150 that has more wheelbase than your burb has and it's all I want to tow with it.. 🙂 (FYI, the WB on my F150 is 145")

Good luck!

Mitch

[Lwiddis]

I pulled a 5200 pound TT with my 2015 Tahoe with tow package. Payload was 1545 pounds and I definitely needed the factory installed air leveling plus WDH. Your trailer would at my limit for the Tahoe. Big trucks will push you around but it’s controllable.