Max towing weight

[drmiles]

Of cours you could Super charge and resolve those problems. You'd still have to worry about the Transmission and the torque.

Originally Posted by drmiles

I towed a 6800 dry weight trailer / 10,000 lb loaded. with lift and 38's. The truck struggled to pull the weight. Struggled to maintain 45 up hills and got about 6 mpg towing. Spent most of the time in 2nd gear. I would definetly go with the 4:88's, if you keep the 38's. With the stock 34's you'd do ok. Good luck.

[SoonerBoarder]

I have pulled a 24ft enclosed trailer. I don't know exactly how heavy it was but the way it was loaded made it very tongue heavy. It pulled, but was very uncomfortable. I have 37" tires.

I'm not at all impressed by the towing ability of the H2. Get ready to downshift a thousand times.

My boat is a Supra 22ft with a wakeboard tower. It weighs about 4500 with trailer but has a lot of wind resistance with the tower and tower cover. Constant downshifting. As long as you keep it around 50mph, it does fine.

[WHOSNEXT]

I tow a 5500ibs boat and it tows it fine, I towed same boat with Tahoe last year and h2 is much better....... my truck does not down shift allot unless im going to pass. sooner, are you pushing the tow button?

[ROX]

Yes, it will pull it. You'll appreciate the fact that the boat is level on tandem axels. The H2 will work hard and shift all the time and in warm weather watch your tranny temp. It's not a diesel pickup or anything but 6500 lbs isn't too bad, especially if your not towing it very far. Don't forget to add the weight of fuel, people, luggage and beer to the equation. Expect to spend the whole time in second gear when ascending any hills. (even little ones or a headwind) Larger tires only make it worse.

The towing button is helpful at first because it changes the shift points. Sometimes it keeps it in second when you want it to shift tho, so I just turn mine off most of the time.

My husband is on the boat forums a lot, and they have discussed the H2 and it's pulling capacity in detail. Basically, they're using Excursions and pickups and such but some folks pull smaller boats with them without any problem.

Have fun and post a pic of the boat behind your Hummer in some warm sunshiney weather please!

Here's a pic of the trailer I pull everywhere. How much it weighs depends on whats in it. I have pulled bigger things, but very rarely because we have another rig we can tow with.

[H2 Doberman]

Hey guys, Just thought that I would let you know that I did purchase the boat but instead of dealing with towing issues I just leased a slip at the marina. Makes life alot easier

[SoonerBoarder]

Yes, I always push the tow button when towing. I have a feeling the 37s have a lot to do with it. I may try sticking a set of oem on next time to check it.

As far as stability, it's excellent. Even with the very heavy enclosed trailer (about twice as big as H2 Rocks) there's virtually no sway. I can deal with the lack of power as long as there's no sway. I know it's no diesel but I really had expected more. Maybe I should try a set of 33s when towing. It'd look like poo but pull better.

[Htothe2]

We used to have a seahunt victory 215 (21) ft. walkaround and it weighed about 5000. we would always tow it back and forth because its not to good to have your boat 24/7 in the water, u will have to get the bottom painted and it looks horrible after a while, the saltwater als harms the boat. just my 002

[obzidian]

lets see some pics of that boat!!!

recently, we aquired a larson 37' cabrio. nice sport cruiser... was just out in the water this weekend crusing around 30 knotts at 6am-7am.... man do i love it!!

[H2 Doberman]

I'll take some pics next time I go to the marina. All I have right now or just some generic pics from dealer site.

The wife and I stayed the night over the weekend and it was great. So peaceful out on the water. Heater worked great. Set it to 65 deg. and it kept it there all night. Did better than I thought it would. Generator didn't even make the gas hand move which is a good thing. I was worried about the fuel consumption running all night long. Ready for spring!!