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Towing With Level Ride, What To Expect

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one sweet ride!! my mom has an 02 autoride lt, and we hook up the boat and load her with gear and fill her with 7 people and she sits past level... i am extremely jealous of her, i want it on my new z71 so bad!!!

 

good luck! hope she rides like a charm!

 

steve :D

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The autoride on the 3/4 ton does not do load-levelling, it only adjusts the damping on the shocks.

 

But at 4400 lbs, unless that trailer is very front-heavy, I don't think you'll see excessive sag. My 8K trailer does cause some sag on my '04 Suburban, but I use load-levelling bars which do a great job.

plainvanilla Enthusiast

plainvanilla

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The autoride on the 3/4 ton does not do load-levelling, it only adjusts the damping on the shocks.

 

But at 4400 lbs, unless that trailer is very front-heavy, I don't think you'll see excessive sag. My 8K trailer does cause some sag on my '04 Suburban, but I use load-levelling bars which do a great job.

 

The tongue weight is only about 300 lbs?? It doesn't sag my 1/2 Silverado I know that.

I do use a WD hitch, wouldn't tow without one.

 

I just didn't know what to expect the Burb to do, I don't know what "Level Ride" is supposed to feel like or do different from not having it..

04z71steve Enthusiast

04z71steve

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yeah auto ride will just add more air to your shocks and bring it up to a level ride, you wont feel anything different while towing, no under/over steering and no uncomfortable sag, its gonna feel extremely comfortable, when my mom bought her truck brand new off the lot, the guy promised this " floating on air" sensation, being the two jokesters me and my dad really are we looked at each other and :flag: rolled our eyes, but then we got in... and we were amazed, it truly does feel great! tows like a dream, i like it so much i'd like to buy the same thing for my 1/2 ton z71... everytime i hear her compressor fill em up it makes me :banghead:

 

good luck!! steve :driving:

Dans Denali Enthusiast

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You will love towing with it. Read the manual about how to use an equalizer hitch with it. My YD with Autoride tows so much better than my Sierra Denali you can't even compare them. There is no hitch bounce with it, even on a really rough road you can't tell you are towing.

 

Dan

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I forgot to ask if you have stability control? This adds another item thats is kind of neat for towing, it stiffens up the shocks while turning and adjusts the air ride, you can see the voltmeter drop when the system is working in turns.

 

Dan

plainvanilla Enthusiast

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I forgot to ask if you have stability control? This adds another item thats is kind of neat for towing, it stiffens up the shocks while turning and adjusts the air ride, you can see the voltmeter drop when the system is working in turns.

 

Dan

 

no stability control, but it does have auto 4X4, thats not the same, right?

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