TotalWeightontheVehicle'sTires
Hitches
Besurethevehicle's tiresareinflated totheinflation
pressures foundontheCertification labelonthedriver
doororseeLoadingtheVehicle on page 6‑32 formore
information. MakesurenottoexceedtheGVWRlimit
forthevehicle, ortheRGAWR,withthetowvehicleand
trailerfullyloadedforthetripincluding theweightofthe
trailertongue.Ifusingaweightdistributing hitch,make
surenottoexceedtheRGAWRbeforeapplying the
weightdistribution springbars.
Thecorrect hitchequipment helpsmaintaincombination
control. Mostsmall-to-medium trailers canbetowed
withaweightcarrying hitchwhichsimplyfeatures a
couplerlatchedtothehitchball.Largertrailersmay
requireaweightdistributing hitchthatusesspringbars
todistribute thetrailertongueweightamongthetwo
vehicleandtraileraxles.See“WeightoftheTrailer
Tongue”earlierinthissectionforratinglimitswith
varioushitchtypes.
WeightoftheTraileringCombination
Ifastep-bumper hitchwillbeused,thebumpercould
bedamagedinsharpturns.Makesurethereisample
roomwhenturningtoavoidcontactbetweenthetrailer
andthebumper.
Itisimportant thatthecombination ofthetow
vehicleandtrailerdoesnotexceedanyofitsweight
ratings—GCWR,GVWR,RGAWR,TrailerWeight
RatingorTongueWeight.Theonlywaytobesureitis
notexceeding anyoftheseratingsistoweighthetow
vehicleandtrailercombination, fullyloadedforthetrip,
gettingindividual weightsforeachoftheseitems.
Consider usingswaycontrols withanytrailer.Aska
trailering professional aboutswaycontrolsorreferto
thetrailermanufacturer's recommendations and
instructions.
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| Categories | Cadillac Escalade Manuals, Cadillac Manuals |
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| Tags | Cadillac Escalade 6.2 |
| Model Year | 2010 |
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