New wood hauler!

I also had a Fitch (the inline type) on mine. That has been on it from the very beginning and I never got the chance to remove it for testing purposes. I am considering doing it again on the new truck but they are quite pricey.

With those wheels, I wanted a look that could have been OEM but wasn't. IMO, GM should have offered something like my setup. No rub, no scrub, no MPG hit and the speedo was dead on. I got a lot of, "that's the best running/looking stock Canyon I've ever driven/seen." Ok, so it wasn't exactly bone stock but I never touched anything on the long block. Just let it breathe and gave it some decent shoes.

Don't worry about derailing the thread, this is FHC and that kind of thing happens. Love the direction things turn sometimes! If a derail gets some momentum, I'll usually grab the wayward posts and create a new thread.

Been driving GM trucks ever since I could see over the dash.

 

Took the trailer for a test spin today. The truck does amazing things. While pulling hard up a snow covered hill, the Stabilitrak system is activating individual wheel brakes to control wheel spin. I am also in LOVE with the integrated brake controller. It works every bit as well as I could hope for.

It's a viable rig as is but I do think I'm going to want some weight distributing hitch hardware for that trailer. It's awfully tongue heavy and a WD hitch would improve the ride and carry the tongue a bit higher.

The tow/haul mode does a great job of optimizing the 6 speed auto for heavy loads too. Automatically downshifting and holding the trailer back with engine braking while shutting the fuel injection off to save fuel. Trucks have come a LONG ways in recent years.

 

It's not setup with the Max Trailer (NHT) package but I've yet to see one of those sitting on a dealer lot. That would kick it up to a nearly 11,000lb tow rating. It's still rated to pull well over 9000 lbs which should be more than enough for my purposes.

One of the first things that caught my eye in the interior was the integrated brake controller. I have a top-of-the-line Tekonsha Prodigy 3 add-on controller and while it works well, it doesn't hold a candle to the one built into the truck. The main difference being the truck's controller applies the trailer brakes based on brake pedal pressure rather than sensing changes in inertia like the Prodigy does. The built in also is tied in with the truck's ABS and Stabilitrak systems which is something no aftermarket controller is currently capable of IIRC.

The built-in does have one disadvantage however. It cannot be used with a electric over hydraulic trailer brake system like the Prodigy can.

 

The mobile shop trailer is 7000 GVWR, I plan to purchase a wood/equipment hauler in the near future I might spec 5000lb axles (10,000 GVWR) on that one just because.

 

That would be fantastic. Unfortunately dump trailers tend to be lousy (and heavy!) equipment trailers. So mine might have to have a "two hand" dump body.

 

You gotta go up to the LTZ to get leather. Heated cloth seats is a rare and expensive ($250) option. My wife's Terrain has heated cloth seats. I would love to have them in mine as I really prefer cloth to leather, especially in a truck.

 

Basically the same truck with few differences. The 3.7L is a slight improvement over the 3.5L I had. The stance is different with the smaller tires if your truck isn't a Z71 but the frame and suspension setup should be similar. Glad to hear they still get decent mileage. Can't wait to see how the new Canyon DIESEL turns out.

 

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I have a feeling that this one will be doing most of its wood hauling via trailer.

I generally cut bigger trees, 20"+, and the load height of a pickup vs a trailer is killer unless I have a tractor available. Plus these new trucks tow a helluva lot more than they can haul in the bed.