I was wondering if anyone here tows a heavy trailer with their Suburban. I'm planning on a trailer that will weight about 12,000 pounds. That's the same as the max weight on a 8.1 liter Suburban with 4.10 gears.

I know it's within the weight rating, but I'm very curious about how well it'll actually work.

Thanks

 

Just don't tow in Overdrive. It'll be OK.

 

u can tow in overdrive, it was designed to do so. You can also use the tow/haul switch to change your shift points so the tranny is not constantly "searching" for the correct gear

 

I have a 2003 suburban LT 2500 with the 8.1 and autoride. I tow a 30 ft travel trailer (10k lbs) and a 24ft car hauler, and it handles both trailers without a problem. I use a single sway control and a load leveling hitch. I even took the 24ft hauler out west with 4 snowmobiles in it through the Rockies with no issues outher than a loss of power at 10,000 feet .

Brad

 

what would you say a 5.7 can tow? how does an auto find the shift points I don't get that would someone please explain it.. I understand why to change the gears.... but the shift points..... thanks
I'm look'n at geting a suburban and just ceriuos thanks
I'm more looking to tow my car out of ditches and stuff with this suv and have some fun offroading. there are no 454's for sale or diesels around here.... thanks nick

What do you guys think about the offroading performance aswell?

 

how are these with 200,000+ miles 150,000 ext.... relaiblity ext.... daily..I drive a lot! um prob take a 200 mile trip each way at least 1 a month then drive daily besides that and just work tahnks