2015 GMC Yukon Denali 4WD & 2015 Flying Cloud 30 ?

[Pat Cassity]

My accident was not initially caused because I was towing with a Yukon. I was hit in the left rear of the trailer by a texting motorist. The motorist lost control, crossed over to the inside lane, tried to regain control, came back across 2 lanes of the highway and broadsided me in my driver door. This put us in a 360 off the side of hwy., flipping the Airstream. To this day, I wonder if I had been towing with something other than the Yukon, would I have maybe been able to regain control of the TV and TT when I was initially struck, thus possible avoiding being hit again. Once one goes through something like this you end up second guessing everything you ever did up to the point of the accident. The decision to purchase another Airstream was not an easy ones to make. Since we decided to give it another shot, I wanted to make sure that I have addressed all my 'second guesses'. At the moment, I am contemplating replacing the Blue Ox hitch with a Propride. I'll make that decision after my next trip.


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[DHart]

We have decided that the margin for error with the Yukon Denali is a little close for total comfort. We're going to switch to the 2015 Denali 2500HD with Duramax engine. Along these lines:



Gives us a little better margin of safety and still pretty comfortable for a TV.

[Ntex]

That was precisely our final conclusion a couple of years ago when we acquired our 28 ft Classic. We got tired of trying to analyze how close we were to the edge of our Yukon's capabilities and moved to the Denali 2500 diesel. It is great not having to worry about those issues anymore.


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