First tow
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Mountain Pass
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First tow
So I FINALLY got to tow our travel trailer today with our Ex we bought back last August......and I’m not disappointed. It wasn’t a long tow, down to the inspection station, to a flat parking lot to fine tune the hitch setup and a few miles back home.
But man, I sure missed the diesel power when we had our Suburban. The 6.0 doesn’t disappoint at all and even though the Ex needs the common suspension and leaf spring upgrades, with a properly set up WD hitch, it didn’t seem too bad. Definitely a lot more stable than even our old 2500 Suburban. First long trip is Easter weekend and I’m really looking forward to it now!!
But man, I sure missed the diesel power when we had our Suburban. The 6.0 doesn’t disappoint at all and even though the Ex needs the common suspension and leaf spring upgrades, with a properly set up WD hitch, it didn’t seem too bad. Definitely a lot more stable than even our old 2500 Suburban. First long trip is Easter weekend and I’m really looking forward to it now!!
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I’m still running the stock springs wth airbags and a hellwig sway bar. My X tows great. Very stable with the Reese Dual Cam hitch. Once you get it all dialed in it’s amazing at how well it tows.
I almost traded mine after a month of owning it because of how bad it wandered without a trailer, and with a trailer it was down right scary!!! At that time it was 2 years old with only 17k miles. A little research here and I cured the wander with the sway bar and tightening the steering box.
I almost traded mine after a month of owning it because of how bad it wandered without a trailer, and with a trailer it was down right scary!!! At that time it was 2 years old with only 17k miles. A little research here and I cured the wander with the sway bar and tightening the steering box.
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My intentions are a capable trail running vehicle for our adventures in Colorado. So springs and larger tires are in the works along with replacing ball joints and other worn out stuff up front, a Redhead steering box, and larger sway bar. I can’t wait to get all that done because I know the difference in handling characteristics doing these mods will make.
I was just very surprised at how stable it was in factory form after I got the hitch dialed in. There was definitely the same steering wander there, but the Ex handled the trailer very well from a suspension standpoint, no buck or bounce, which is a huge change from our previous TV.
I was just very surprised at how stable it was in factory form after I got the hitch dialed in. There was definitely the same steering wander there, but the Ex handled the trailer very well from a suspension standpoint, no buck or bounce, which is a huge change from our previous TV.
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