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George

I did my usual thing and checked the Avalanche's specs on Consumer Digest's web site. It's a truly robust vehicle weighing 6010lbs and has a front-rear weight distributin of 52/48 -- which means it's 240 lbs heavier on the front axle sitting empty. Hanging 3-400lbs of tongue weight behind the rear bumper obviously gives you a much heavier rear axle (you'd have to weigh it to know how much) but the Avalanche is obviously heavy enough overall to still have good steering response even though it's front is likely lighter when you are towing.

I'm not sure you can compare it to pickups however. CR's specs for the 1500, 4dr Silverado show it as 848lbs heavier on the front axle and the 2500 diesel Silverado as a whopping 1434lbs heavier on the front axle sitting empty. I'm on record here as thinking equal weight front and rear is a good thing but to each his/her own.