| Re: Towing a horse trailer
Tom,
I am pulling a large 2 horse slant trailer with my 07 EXT. loaded weight is about 7k. I have considerable experience with towing and see no reason to disable the air bags, in fact I found it helpful. Air bags are installed on many vehicles to assist with the load, I do agree that finding the correct drop receiver is a choir. Remember when towing, the tongue weight is really the critical factor and it should be about 10% of the loaded weight, (certainly within the vehicle parameters to carry). I think if you disabled the bags you would find the vehicle springs alone labored to carry the weight. As far as safety the big factor is the rated hitch installed from GM, it is only rated for 5k and should be 7.5k or better. The vehicle (or most) are pre wired for a controller, the dealer can make the connection under the hood at the fuse block with the factory wires, the brake controller wires should be next to the OBD port or the diagnostics plug. Be sure to buy a quality controller! I used a tecnosha P3.
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