Towing A Yukon

[Rexter]

Anyone here have any advice on how to tow a 4wd yukon? Options?
Thanks in advance

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

on a flat bed tow truck or a flatbed trailer you cannot flat tow a vehicle with an automatic transmission you will destory the tranny lke 20 to 30 miles
and you cant put that big of a vehicle on a dolly its gotta be towed with all 4 wheels offf the ground
so if yer just towing it up the street no prob but long distance gotta be on a trailer

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

im assuming the reason yer asking is becuase your moving ?

 

[Rexter]

nope broke down out of town working
6 hour drive, uhaul trailers say its too heavy

 

[YukonXL04]

Find a rental stop or sunbelt rentals. They have better trailers. You could probably put it on a car dolly and remove the rear driveshaft.

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

nope cant put it on a car dolly theyll ask at the rental place what kinda vehicle yer putting on it and if you say tahoe they either so sorry no cant rent it to yah most places ive been wont let you u put anything on it much bigger then like a trailblazer or a ford explorer
those dollys got a max limit of like 3500 lbs you need a double axle flatbed trailer and what ever vehicle you tow it with id recomend a equalizer hitch becuase its gonna have quite a bit of tounge weight

how far are you towing and is finding someone to drive it out of the question ?

 

[Rexter]

nope cant put it on a car dolly theyll ask at the rental place what kinda vehicle yer putting on it and if you say tahoe they either so sorry no cant rent it to yah most places ive been wont let you u put anything on it much bigger then like a trailblazer or a ford explorer
those dollys got a max limit of like 3500 lbs you need a double axle flatbed trailer and what ever vehicle you tow it with id recomend a equalizer hitch becuase its gonna have quite a bit of tounge weight

how far are you towing and is finding someone to drive it out of the question ?

nope cant drive it as the motor is shot, lost #6 cylinder and and 3 was close behind. the uhaul trailer not the dolly was going to be my choice.

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

ehh im not sure about those uhaul trailers id just call and ask i think they can handle a vehicle that big from my expierence uhaul will say no anyways
iin the army i always did a DIY move instead of having my stuff moved for me whenever i changed duty stations so rented my share of moving vans and dollys and trailers
i rented a uhaul once and never again i got the biggest truck wich was an old gasoline topkick and it didnt even make it to the city limits they of course brought me anouther truck
wich was a brand new topkick gas of ocourse probably an 8.1 liter wich ran great till you got to a 7 percent grade then it guzzled gas faster then i could set it on fire oh yeah the AM/FM radio worked so well on those open stretches of road also i was towoing a ford ranger on a trailer and good lord i would not wanna tow a tahoe with one of those trucks

i rented from penske from then on there trucks are diesel mostly so you probably forget your towing a tahoe bhind it and the larger ones have lift gates and they even have external jacks to plug in yer ipod or whatever

 

[undertaker]

uhm, like this? Thats 5800 lbs of tahoe....thats a 20 ft rollback trailer with 8 lug axles (think its rated for about 12-14k lbs)

I only went 2.5 miles so I didn't bother with the weight distribution but the sub was not a happy camper with a big block on its back bumper.

 

[Rexter]

that would be awesome if I could just rent one for two weeks..lol

 

[Knightrider03m]

I thought our trucks could be placed in neutral so it could be flat towed.

 

[PaulS63]

I thought so too, just put the transfer case control on the N position.

 

[undertaker]

I would drop the rear driveshaft mechanically speaking...the driveshaft is still going to turn and rotate the output shaft of the transfer case on a 4wd, or the tranny on a 2wd. Either way the bearings/bushings on the output shaft, the seal etc. will all be spinning with no fluid circulating/lubricating. Short distance might work, long distance you're in for a tranny/transfercase or both. (seen it a year ago on a buddy's work van that he told the tow driver not to come with a hook, but a flatbed, sure enough 50 mile trip tranny fried after 150k without any prior issues)

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

also the fact that an automatic tranny is hydralic as opposed to a manual wich is basically gears submerged in fluid
most automatic trans have an engine driven front lubrication pump so when the vehicle is off being towed the transmission is not getting lubrication
so usually ona towed vehicle an transission lube pump is installed
there are only a few model vehicles that i know of that have automatic transmissions that can be flat towed the older saterns being one of them

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

to my knowledge most jeep and saturn vehicles can be flat towed without any modifications