techswabbie
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We have a 06 Denali with roughly 190k miles on it. My understanding is that this model has a towing capacity of approximately 8100 lbs. We have a travel trailer that we just purchased that has a GVWR about 7600 lbs. We rented a 3500 Dodge Ram to tow the trailer for 10 days because I didn't feel our Denali would be able to handle the haul (about 1500 miles in mountains).
Rather than go out and buy a "new" truck on a loan, I wanted to see if there was anything in addition to an engine rebuild that we could do to beef up the suspension and towing capabilities. The Denali currently has the Air Ride suspension (replaced in 2017). In addition, I've been told by a few local shop guys that we're going to run into ongoing problems with the alignment and uneven wear on the tires... so any advice for heavy duty (read: proper) towing would be very much appreciated.
Rather than go out and buy a "new" truck on a loan, I wanted to see if there was anything in addition to an engine rebuild that we could do to beef up the suspension and towing capabilities. The Denali currently has the Air Ride suspension (replaced in 2017). In addition, I've been told by a few local shop guys that we're going to run into ongoing problems with the alignment and uneven wear on the tires... so any advice for heavy duty (read: proper) towing would be very much appreciated.