The only mod i have planned are airbags. If I go easy on it, the trans should hold up. 60mph in 3rd should do it. Maybe ill get lucky and find a 4L80e behind its blown engine. If not I have a spare 2wd 4L60 with driveshaft on standby.
The only mod i have planned are airbags. If I go easy on it, the trans should hold up. 60mph in 3rd should do it. Maybe ill get lucky and find a 4L80e behind its blown engine. If not I have a spare 2wd 4L60 with driveshaft on standby.
Definitely invest in weight distributing and anti sway hitch!
When my trailer started getting nose heavy, even with the bags aired up the trailer would bully the truck around a little until I got one.
Makes emergency lane changes a lot better too.
I witnessed Pranav do an emergency lane change with his trailer at highway speed that involved a lane change that would have made any autocrosser in a CRX proud. Except he was in his truck with trailer, #54, etc...
It was impressive. I was sold on the weight distributing/anti-sway hitch after that!
Originally Posted by Pranav
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CMC # 34
Yea for sure. I have two different types of WD hitches.....one is an Anderson WD Hitch which is unconventional (pain in the ass to setup and doesnt work as well), and a typical trunnion bar WD hitch that Mike Plum let me have inclusive when I bought his car with the trailer and all. I used his WD hitch from California and the trailer pulled amazing. I'll be using it anytime I hook up. It doesnt have sway control, but I never once felt I needed it. Between the weight and strength of the Excursion, the WD hitch, and the nice smooth running torsion axles on the trailer, it was the best pulling experience I have ever had. But Im loosing about 2000lbs downgrading from the Excursion to the Yukon. So, sway control may be something I will need to invest in. We'll see. If I have to put a bunch of band-aids on this concept (sway control, air bags, transmission ect) then I will just keep the Excursion and find another way to raise some cash.
The Yukon is just a temporary tow vehicle to get me through the 2019 season (really only 3 or 4 events, plus an ATV camping trip to Oliver Springs TN with my kiddos probably with my flatbed). So it only needs to survive 5 towing trips.
I agree a locked TC is the way to tow and keeps the trans temps down, however, the 4L60 has a weak sun gear that tends to strip the splines, or snap completely regardless of heat. I assume most break because folks are spraying nitrous or have beefed up their engine in some way that the sun gear couldnt hold up. Maybe behind a stock 255hp/330lbft vortec 350 it wouldnt hurt it regardless of the load. IDK. My life is always an adventure, and I tend to ride the envelope of limitations lol.I wouldn't bother with hindering speed. If you're gonna hold it in 3rd and the converter is locked that's as good as it gets. Just haul ass if you want to ASSuming you have an auxiliary cooler, as long as that converter is locked and coolant holds its own the trans will too. I have a trans temp gauge in my 1500 and learned enough about how the trans operates to not bother with a gauge in the 3500. Plus what Pranav said, but I think you already have a WD hitch?
When I first started doing race weekends with David and #39 we didn't use the the WD hitch
that he had in the shop. After we figured out the airbags on the tow vehicle where dead he
switched to using the WD hitch. I was sold. Last year I bought a trailer to bring the 77 vette
to Ohio and didn't even think twice about a what hitch to use. My hitch has the option for
sway control but I've found - at least with just the vette on the trailer - that the preload on
the WD hitch does a pretty good job of keeping things straight behind my Avalanche. And I
learned from loading #39 how to make sure the car is well placed on the trailer. I'm sure
it helps that I wasn't hauling all the extra tires and tools and spares that we usually take with
the race car. And it sure makes the truck ride better on some of the rough roads I drove.
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It was 255/330 for about a week, but admittedly the 4L60 never did pull enclosed. I swapped to the 4L80 before that came about.
My "1500" pulled a 24' enclosed with WD better than open deck without so to me there's no going back either. I've never bothered with anti sway either, not even in cross winds do I feel I need it.
RM CMC Director
I wouldn't bother with hindering speed. If you're gonna hold it in 3rd and the converter is locked that's as good as it gets. Just haul ass if you want to ASSuming you have an auxiliary cooler, as long as that converter is locked and coolant holds its own the trans will too. I have a trans temp gauge in my 1500 and learned enough about how the trans operates to not bother with a gauge in the 3500. Plus what Pranav said, but I think you already have a WD hitch?
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