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GMCNUSA is currently offline  GMCNUSA   United States
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Newbie to the list.

I see many people towing 3600 lb cars with their GMC Motorhomes. From what little I see, that's way above the spec.

What's the maximum and what's recommended?

Dolph
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Re: Towing Capacity? [message #122112 is a reply to message #122111] Sun, 17 April 2011 12:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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My thinking is that I don't want to work the transmission any harder than I have to. We have changed to a lower final drive to help. While out for the winter we tow the Vibe gt which has a dry weight of 2700 lb. When just running around the midwest we tow the VW Baja, weighing in around 1300. I have towed a Jeep Cherokee but I did not like that at all. It was before we swapped the final drive though. The extra weight seemed to wag the front end of our coach. I think that would not happen now with the Q bags and the new wider frontend. Still, I think it must be harder on the transmission if we get too heavy.
So, I would think it just depends on how one has the coach set up and what kind of shape the transmission is in.
Dan

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Re: [GMCnet] Towing Capacity? [message #122116 is a reply to message #122111] Sun, 17 April 2011 12:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Larry,
There are ways to increase the towing capacity:
Aux. transmission Pan, cooler 3/8 lines,new style cooler,Final drive 3.70, etc.
Some ignore these and end up with a defective trans mission.
Keep in mind that you'll want to change the fluid more frequently as
the trans is working harder.
I pull over 6k and the coach can handle it.
Only problem is the driver in this case of not stopping to fix things
and continue driving and tearing things up.

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Re: Towing Capacity? [message #122119 is a reply to message #122112] Sun, 17 April 2011 12:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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How much does that Vibe weigh after terri loads it up? Laughing

WD0AFQ wrote on Sun, 17 April 2011 10:19

My thinking is that I don't want to work the transmission any harder than I have to. We have changed to a lower final drive to help. While out for the winter we tow the Vibe gt which has a dry weight of 2700 lb. When just running around the midwest we tow the VW Baja, weighing in around 1300. I have towed a Jeep Cherokee but I did not like that at all. It was before we swapped the final drive though. The extra weight seemed to wag the front end of our coach. I think that would not happen now with the Q bags and the new wider frontend. Still, I think it must be harder on the transmission if we get too heavy.
So, I would think it just depends on how one has the coach set up and what kind of shape the transmission is in.
Dan

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Re: Towing Capacity? [message #122120 is a reply to message #122119] Sun, 17 April 2011 12:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Chr$ wrote on Sun, 17 April 2011 13:41

How much does that Vibe weigh after terri loads it up? Laughing

[

Teri says its all Dan's fault! LOL

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Re: Towing Capacity? [message #122121 is a reply to message #122119] Sun, 17 April 2011 12:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Chris, that depends on whether or not I am watching when she does it. Remember though, we live in this thing for 4 months so I do have to let her load it pretty good. I like to carry the heavier items inside the coach when possible. To answer your question, I just don't know.
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Re: [GMCnet] Towing Capacity? [message #122124 is a reply to message #122121] Sun, 17 April 2011 13:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The tow bar does not add to the toung weight.
What it will do is to fight the lateral movement.
I over came this lateral momentum when we installed the Q Bag system.
Q Bag has a different spring rate than the original bag and tones down
the lateral sway considerably.
I ran a rear stabilizer bar on both before I installed the Q Bag systems.

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> Chris, that depends on whether or not I am watching when she does it. Remember though, we live in this thing for 4 months so I do have to let her load it pretty good. I like to carry the heavier items inside the coach when possible. To answer your question, I just don't know.
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Re: [GMCnet] Towing Capacity? [message #122141 is a reply to message #122111] Sun, 17 April 2011 16:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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just to give you something to shoot at

http://goo.gl/AABMd

good luck
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Larry and Cheryl Dilk <lwd222@msn.com>wrote:

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> I see many people towing 3600 lb cars with their GMC Motorhomes. From what
> little I see, that's way above the spec.
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> What's the maximum and what's recommended?
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> Dolph
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Re: [GMCnet] Towing Capacity? [message #122178 is a reply to message #122141] Mon, 18 April 2011 00:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Whoa! I guess you can upgrade it in a big way.

Just back from towing the race car around in an enclosed trailer with the SUV. Returned a whopping 7.5 mpg in WV's hills.

Dolph


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> just to give you something to shoot at
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> http://goo.gl/AABMd
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> good luck
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> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Larry and Cheryl Dilk <lwd222@msn.com>wrote:
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>> Newbie to the list.
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>> I see many people towing 3600 lb cars with their GMC Motorhomes. From what
>> little I see, that's way above the spec.
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>> What's the maximum and what's recommended?
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Re: [GMCnet] Towing Capacity? [message #122183 is a reply to message #122112] Mon, 18 April 2011 06:53 Go to previous message
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Dan,
You guys own the only 6,000 lb Vibe in the US.

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Dan Gregg <gregg_dan@hotmail.com> wrote:

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>
> My thinking is that I don't want to work the transmission any harder than I
> have to. We have changed to a lower final drive to help. While out for the
> winter we tow the Vibe gt which has a dry weight of 2700 lb. When just
> running around the midwest we tow the VW Baja, weighing in around 1300. I
> have towed a Jeep Cherokee but I did not like that at all. It was before we
> swapped the final drive though. The extra weight seemed to wag the front end
> of our coach. I think that would not happen now with the Q bags and the new
> wider frontend. Still, I think it must be harder on the transmission if we
> get too heavy.
> So, I would think it just depends on how one has the coach set up and what
> kind of shape the transmission is in.
> Dan
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> http://danandteri.blogspot.com/
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