First trip into the woods... Gonna need some changes.

[Idaho45guy]

Beautiful spring day in Northern Idaho so I decided to head into the woods to see if I could find some morel mushrooms. It's a bit early, but I thought I'd take a look anyway.

The spot I go to I have been a few times in my pickup and have never had to use 4wd or had any issues. It's a mild logging road and I've seen Subarus up there.

Was a bit too much for the Yukon. Bottomed out a couple of times and scraped the front air dam a bunch. Had to use 4wd once.

Probably going to have to remove that air dam, crank the torsion bar at least an inch, and with the extra inch of the tire height, it should help out quite a bit.

I really wish there were some decently priced front bumper options for these rigs. Do I have to buy a bumper specific for the Yukon, or does a Tahoe/pickup bumper work?

Will have to just get used to the limitations of it compared to my pickup.

Oh, and it was too early for morels; only a couple tiny ones were out.

Pics from the day...

 

[swathdiver]

The 2009 owner's manual says to take the air dam off to increase ground clearance but to more closely monitor the engine temperature while doing so.

 

[Idaho45guy]

Got the new Duratracs today; they are definitely bigger and beefier than the stock size crappy tires on there now...

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Got the new Duratracs today; they are definitely bigger and beefier than the stock size crappy tires on there now...

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What size?

 

[Idaho45guy]

LT265/75/16 going on 16x8 aftermarket rims with 0 offset.

Same rims I ran on my Ram. They held up well and are reasonably priced at $125 each...

 

[Idaho45guy]

Every mod I did to my Ram worked great to enhance it's capability off-road. Trying to make the same changes to the "new" Yukon. I'm shocked at the lack of aftermarket support for the Yukon and Tahoes. They made a million or so of them, you would think there would be more cool parts available. I would love to add some fender flares to the Yukon, but apparently you have to cut up ones ordered for a Suburban to get them to work. Weird.

 

[Etraeger]

We take our '16 into the mountains all the time. And on some OHV trails. Nothing too extreme of course. But we lifted it 6", put 35" MTs on, a Fab Fours bumper and Smittybuilt winch put on. Sounds like you need a little more clearance

 

[Etraeger]

And a bumper for similar model years for Tahoe/Suburban and Yukon should all be the same.

 

[CamReynolds]

Beautiful spring day in Northern Idaho so I decided to head into the woods to see if I could find some morel mushrooms. It's a bit early, but I thought I'd take a look anyway.

The spot I go to I have been a few times in my pickup and have never had to use 4wd or had any issues. It's a mild logging road and I've seen Subarus up there.

Was a bit too much for the Yukon. Bottomed out a couple of times and scraped the front air dam a bunch. Had to use 4wd once.

Probably going to have to remove that air dam, crank the torsion bar at least an inch, and with the extra inch of the tire height, it should help out quite a bit.

I really wish there were some decently priced front bumper options for these rigs. Do I have to buy a bumper specific for the Yukon, or does a Tahoe/pickup bumper work?

Will have to just get used to the limitations of it compared to my pickup.

Oh, and it was too early for morels; only a couple tiny ones were out.

Pics from the day...

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Rip that airdam off, throw on the good tires and make sure you have skid plates. My Yukon is a tank off-road .Do you have the locking rear?

 

[Shunto]

Got the new Duratracs today; they are definitely bigger and beefier than the stock size crappy tires on there now...

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you'll like the Dura tracs... Mine started to sing after some mileage on em... but they're a great tire.