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Originally Posted by RickM5X3
Just built a Yukon Denali on gmbuypower.com. $63K!! One can buy a used X5M for that kind of money. Maybe it is all about the wheelbase and sheer weight of GM iron, but wondering how the Yukon would be a better TV than the X5M, at least for my purposes at 4,500 pounds of trailer.
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It's all about the wheelbase and the weight. It probably weighs 1000 lbs more, has a sold rear axle (at least I think it still does) and is just overall much more stable with a big load than the x5.
There's a lot more to towing than being able to drive forward and go up hills... any 4 cylinder jeep can do that... it's about keeping the load stable and not getting pushed by the load when the course of direction changes... and stopping.
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