I have this truck. It does close with the remote. You just have to double tap the button and hold it down. They do that so you can’t accidentally hit the button while someone is loading stuff in it.

I’ve only had mine for a week and only towed one day. I’ll agree, but add the caveat that if you don’t tow more than 250 miles more than a few times a year, this is still the better truck. I’ll happily deal with unhitching a trailer to charge on the rare long-distance haul if it means I get to drive this all the rest of the time!

I will agree with you on that, for 95% of what I do I’d choose this over a diesel or big gas V8…so that’s what I did :) Rides better than a 1/2 ton, pulls my 9,500lb camper and my 7,000lb tractor on a trailer harder than a 3/4 ton.

@@rm10002Got my first tow with it today, a 6k lb trailer running between Montgomery and Birmingham and back. About 200 miles overall. I took detailed notes and did the math - I could have gone about 270 miles total before charging. I know 6k isn’t near maxing it out - sounds like you’ve got that covered with your big trailer - but I’m impressed. 3-4 hours of towing deserves a 20-30 min charging break. I don’t think I will 😂ver have an issue with the truck’s capabilities. Have you had a chance to do something similar with your 9,500lb trailer? I’m interested in what range to expect under a worst case scenario of an absolutely maxed out towing capacity. Doubt I’ll ever pull anything that heavy but it would be good to know.

@@sesmeltz1965 Cool to hear about your experiences, thanks for sharing. So my camper is a 31ft bumper-pull type, 8,800lbs stock but 9,500lbs as measured on a CAT scale at my local Flying J when it’s ready to roll with all the camping gear etc inside. It does not pull easy, especially in the wind. With camper attached I left my house at 100%. Outside temp was at 55F to start and 80F at the end. First half of the trip was headed south to my hometown into a 15-20mph headwind so I did around 55mph. That used 50% to go 94mi. Turned around and took the same path on the way back. On the way home I had a 15-20mph tailwind so I felt comfortable going faster at 65mph and I used 40% to go 94 mi to get home. That left me at 10% state of charge, and estimated 20mi range remaining. So overall, I did 188mi with my 9,500lb camper on a two-way trip at avg of 60mph, with 10% (20mi range) remaining at the end for a total estimate of 208mi. I was tempted to run her all the way down to zero, but it’s my personal truck so I didn’t. Hope that helps! Feel free to swap any other data you get :)

@@rm10002Thanks! That’s not unreasonable for that big of a load! I could see stopping every 2.5 to 3 hours of towing that much, assuming it’s not every week. Especially with the fast charging speeds of the Sierra, it’s definitely doable.