Why. They don’t care about these trucks

🤣🤣🤣 The sliding whale! No lie, mine tips the scales at 8400lbs with a full tank.

😂

The Excursion doesn't climb hills, it just flattens them 😂

Right 👍

Chevy would pull better if he put it in 4low instead of hi

@@tonytony438 who wouldn’t know that and who wouldn’t do that? 🤔😆 🤦‍♂️

@@AbandonedExplorationUrbex1979 obviously the guy driving doesn't. He clearly said he put it in 4x4 Hi.

@@tonytony438 Both 4hi and 4low have their pro/con. Its hard to say which one would be better without seeing the condition first handed yourself.

@Justin igloo Shouldn't have to. Get an extra person, a floor jack and a block of wood. Hammer/pry out the caps and pin on the top hinge first then work on the bottom one.

In the gmt400, you do need to completely separate the hinges to do both bushings. I've rigged mine with just to bushings and it helped. There is a kit that you can buy that comes with a greasable pin and steel bushings, I'd look at that if you want it to last.

Would make a nice little fix it video too.

@Justin igloo Not if you’re good enough. Honestly, every time I’ve replaced it, I’ve used my doctor’s stool and a towel under the doors. Couple twists and you’re at the right height to remove the pins. Couple more and you’re right for installing the new ones.

@Justin igloo NO. THe fames sag on those cars causing the door to misalign to the latch. Look at how the door aligns with the rest of the body. Use a floor jack to bend the door up to match the body lines.

Definitely, me too.

Lmao, me too! Like A Rock!!!

^^^This, it even tells you in the manual. Also NEVER do a transmission flush on a GM transmission. Just drop the pan , change the filter and dump whatever is in the pan. Trans flush = death for any of common GM transmissions. I did this and had a Suburban go over 300k miles before giving it away, trans still had firm consistent shifts.

idk about gm, but all of my ford's have overdrive off or tow haul mode, is that not common in gm vehicles?

@@Tyler_5.4 on vehicles with tow mode I believe it locks the converter and adds more pressure for OD but if you are towing heavy it will stay off OD. Usually

Bob Seger is the man

My 96 Suburban K2500 with BFG KO2s with 45k miles on them will do better than Tommy's performance. Mine can keep going with snow up to the bottom of the bumper.

Agree tires is everything when comes to any vehicle for good traction.

i used to have a 1997 Suburban SLE and sold it just at the start of winter

Same! My 99 suburban was an absolute beast!

agreed, they'll last forever too

@@danielfish101 because they have no power, kinda like a Honda four wheeler 😂

That was a good price. Haven't seen a good looking Excursion for that price.

The suburban is a very very nice vehicle for sure! But we bought our 7.3 excursion in 2004, here in 2022 with 300,000 miles it's still drives and runs just great, all we did is rebuild the transmission at about 220,000 miles.

@@bbsal4031 - heh... yours made it a little longer than mine did. Had to rebuild mine at 212k

Agreed on leveling the field on the tires… Take that out of the equation for the “Best Beast” comparison!

or even air down the tires too

Those lionclaw atx2 actually aren't bad at all. I know a few people who have run them for multiple vehicles and Ive had them on my truck for 20k miles and absolutely love them. Especially in the snow. Barley could tell a difference from my dedicated snow tires as they are extreme weather rated. Definitely airing them down helps a ton off road too.

@@hajjman99 that's good to know. I had never heard of them before.

@@dalejones4322 now I definitely wouldn't say they are better than name brand like bf goodrich or toyo but are quite a bit cheaper. 👍

GM got rid of AWD on the Escalade and Denali in 2011 and replaced it with selectable 4 wheel drive.

I am in the Vancouver, Canada area where the locals are buying 10 to 15 year old Luxury SUVs and trucks like the 'Slade, Tahoe and Suburban even Infiniti Q56's and Range Rovers and putting 35 or 37 inch tires and 4 to 6 inch lifts on them and adding skid plates, bumpers/bushbars, rear swing-out Jerry Can and Tire cages and even custom swaybars on them. $10,000 to $15,000 worth of upgrades and you have the ULTIMATE LUXURY off-roader. I see them a lot in the backcountry of Harrison Lake and Coquihalla to Merritt to Kelowna High Mountain areas where there is mud, rain, snow, sleet, hail, rock, sand and other 4x4 type terrain. The thing that everyone likes about them are the extra room for family and friends, the premium sound systems, the FANTASTIC Heating and Air Conditioning and the Leather Seats which they TEND to cover with Sheepskin seat covers! It's a BIG THING here in Western Canada to upgrade old Lux-SUVs with 4x4 features! V

Wasn't the 00-02 Escalade a GMT400, basically the same as the old Tahoe, or even the Suburban Tommy is using? Of course with a fancier trim and front end, maybe some better shocks too.

Just the 2002 Escalade had the viscous coupler NP transfer case with LSDs. So did the 2001 and 2002 Denalis The 99 and 2000 Escalade were GMT400s with a real 4wd and they didn't make a 2001 Escalade

@@mdk7376 ah a man of culture i see.

Doesn’t the Escalade have the G80? It’s listed on glove box.

@@dond9994 The 2003 and up had a G80. The 01 and 02 with viscous coupler t-case did not have G80. It is weird!

“Never been stuck “ just means you haven’t found your Tahoe’s limit yet. That doesn’t mean the same thing as having no limits. Any vehicle can get stuck.

The problem with the Escalade isn't the AWD, and on the 4wd versions they are identical to the Tahoe and Suburban, which themselves are essentially the same. The problem is and always has been tires and wheels. The Escalade comes with a tire and wheel configuration that is 100% street duty with a more performance tread design than those of standard LT tires. It's great if you want to stop, turn, and handle on paved roads but they absolutely suck in snow or loose surface. Dummies think "oh I have 4wd I'll be fine" and forget that the most important part of their vehicle is the one that actually contacts the ground.

@@MrJamesLuz exactly! got our 2002 z71 stuck all the time cause we were sending it 🤘

I'm running an old set of nitto terragrapplers, and get everywhere in my 95 burban, without 4wd in. Worn mud tires can be better than new all seasons.

I live in the desert, I always see plenty tahoes stuck in the soft sand, not to mention stranded with other failed parts. Any vehicle with good tires is harder to get stuck, nothing special about the tahoe.

Hey tfl i hope you are gonna do the mpg loop test on these vehicles

Is that place estes park?

and/or slam it like a man

I belive they did that with the previous series where they had the jeep , the Mazda and, the blazer since they had a tire company as a sponsor

@@BryanGullickson I do remember that. Even if they're cheap Chinese tires, it still eliminates the biggest variable that no one has control over.

@@cup_and_cone oh I agree

Thank you for the kind words to the editors!

@@TFLtruck eh, there are bots posing as the channel trying to scam people

at least none of them are diesels, price is $5.49 here on NC.