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Old 02-01-2012, 09:08 PM
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can i ask why that is? from my understanding (and correct me if im wrong) is this truck is basically a 2500 tahoe with a body kit? from what i can find is its 5 inches wider and about 1400 lbs heavier than a tahoe with a 6L and an HD trans. the rear air suspension is questionable for me, but ive also put a HD rear air bag in.

ive towed once with it with an 18foot steel bottom car hauler and my mustang on the back and she did great (until my power steering pump issue). i now tow with my k5. its got a 200k mile tbi 350 and a short as hell wheel base and it tows fine. i know ur camaro is a fat pig, but my mustang isnt exactly "light weight". id imagine your H would do great.


that said i know an 8k lb travel trailer is a totally different beast than a open car hauler
i guess it it based more on my ride there and the highway i take, than actually not towing. where i take my car ( mid ohio), its a very hilly, highway. just driving there in the hummer with no load, its constantly shifting in and out of gears and running through gas pretty quickly. adding a trailer to that would make me have to stop and get gas again before i even get there. these things are just so damn heavy, they have a hard enougj time chuggin themselves up hills....i wouldnt trust myself to tow my car behind it. i have a 01 2500 silverado with 264K on it that i would trust towing my car , more than the hummer.....well, i cant really say that. but i would pick the silverado to tow it if i had to choose.
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i guess it it based more on my ride there and the highway i take, than actually not towing. where i take my car ( mid ohio), its a very hilly, highway. just driving there in the hummer with no load, its constantly shifting in and out of gears and running through gas pretty quickly. adding a trailer to that would make me have to stop and get gas again before i even get there. these things are just so damn heavy, they have a hard enougj time chuggin themselves up hills....i wouldnt trust myself to tow my car behind it. i have a 01 2500 silverado with 264K on it that i would trust towing my car , more than the hummer.....well, i cant really say that. but i would pick the silverado to tow it if i had to choose.

Dude, are you talking about an H3 here? You've got your deuce sounding like it can't pull it's own weight--which it can. I had an 06 H3, you want to talk about chugging up a hill? That thing sucked so bad I traded it for the 2, which can tow.

Every time I'm scaling a hill at speed in the deuce I'm amazed that it's doing it so effortlessly while still trying to give more, I've got to slow it down. Are you sure you don't have a sick deuce because we can't be talking about the same thing--mine's also an '07

Here's a pic while driving across America this summer--hanging with the big boys....


Hauling down the interstate.....

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Twinmil sounds like ur who I need to talk to. We r looking at a coachman also ill get the specs on it soon (we have looked at several)

Basically what I'm getting from you and past threads I've thumbed thru. My truck pullin g a 6500-8k lb rig with a weight distribution hitch trailer brakes an external trans cooler and some hitch/towpackage reinforcement I should be good for the area of the country ill be rolling around in.



Any other mods short of a blower I should look into? Maybe find a wrecked duramax/Allison. Setup lol

Thanks for ur help
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i use my 08 to tow 5-6k quite a bit and its great, barely know the trailer is there on everything but the steepest hills. the engine and trans change their behavior in tow haul mode, especially when braking. the trans will automatically downshift to match your braking with engine braking and then keep it there until you use the gas again so going downhill i only use the brakes once to set engine braking, even on the grapevine. i keep the dic on trans temp and the highest i've seen is 209.
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I tow a 27 ft toy hauler with my h2, it weight about 7k dry and with the rzr, atv and other excess I am sure it is around 9k+. I dont tow that much probably less than 300 miles a year or so now. I have 37s and upgraded gears, steel braided brake lines, brake controler and air bags.

I was going back and fourth for a very long time on buying a dually, diesel etc. See what your needs are, how much you will tow, alot of hills etc. You can always buy an older beater 2500 gasser for under 8k (possibly cheaper) and use that as your designated tow vehicle.

I have out grown my trailer and I am considering buying a 40 foot , triple slide and pay the tow company to tow it out to the desert for me vs buying a truck. It is much cheaper this way since I only camp in the desert.

Another point make sure your toy hauler tires are properly inflated, for the first year mine were substantially under inflated and the h2 had a hard time. I inflated them to the proper 65 lbs and I was getting about 9-10 mpg (seriously).
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OK here are some specs on what we are looking at
Hitch Weight 865 lbs. (392 kg) Base Weight 6,890 lbs. (3,125 kg) GVWR 9,900 lbs. (4,491 kg) Cargo Carrying Capacity 3,010 lbs. (1,365 kg) Exterior Length 35' 7" (10.8 m) Exterior Height 10' 9" (3.3 m) Exterior Width 96" (2.4 m)
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