How much can a 2026 GMC Yukon tow?

Up to 8,400 lb: Yukon 2WD with the 5.3L V8 and the Max Trailering Package. 4WD versions are 200 lb lower, and the range across all Yukon configurations is 7,500 to 8,400 lb.

What is the max towing capacity of a Yukon XL?

Up to 8,200 lb, Yukon XL 2WD with the 5.3L V8 and the Max Trailering Package. Across all Yukon XL configurations GMC lists 7,300 to 8,200 lb.

What does the Yukon tow with the 6.2L or the Duramax diesel?

The 6.2L V8 is rated 7,500 to 8,200 lb on Yukon and 7,300 to 8,000 lb on Yukon XL (the top figures with the Max Trailering Package). The Duramax 3.0L Turbo-Diesel is rated 8,100 lb (2WD) and 7,900 lb (4WD) on Yukon, 7,900 and 7,700 lb on Yukon XL.

What is the Yukon GCWR?

14,000 lb for the gas V8s without the Max Trailering Package, and 14,500 lb with it or with the Duramax diesel.

Does GMC publish a Yukon Denali or AT4 towing capacity?

GMC's 2026 charts list ratings by engine and drive, not by trim. Find your engine and drive in the table, then confirm on the door label.

2026 GMC Yukon Towing Capacity Chart, Payload and GCWR

How much can the 2026 GMC Yukon tow?

8,400 lb Max conventional towing (3,810 kg)

Not published Max fifth wheel or gooseneck

Not published Max payload

Not published Max conventional tongue load

GMC rates the 2026 GMC Yukon to tow up to 8,400 lb (3,810 kg) on a ball hitch in one configuration: Yukon, 5.3L EcoTec3 V8, 2WD, 3.23 axle, at 14,500 lb GCWR, with Max Trailering Package. Source: GMC, Max Trailering 2026 Yukon chart.

A maximum is one truck, not yours. The rating that applies is the one for your exact cab, bed, engine, drive, axle and packages, and it is printed on the labels in the driver's door opening. Find your row in the table below, then check payload and GCWR as well: a truck often runs out of payload before it reaches its tow rating.

2026 GMC Yukon towing capacity chart

Conventional (ball hitch) ratings, one row per configuration GMC prints, grouped where the guide repeats a figure. Pounds are GMC's figures; kilograms are converted from them.

2026 GMC Yukon: maximum loaded trailer weight by configuration, conventional hitch
Configuration	Axle	GCWR	Max trailer	Needs	Source
Yukon, 5.3L EcoTec3 V8, 2WD	3.23	14,000 lb6,350 kg	7,900 lb 3,583 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon Max Trailering chart
Yukon, 5.3L EcoTec3 V8, 4WD	3.23	14,000 lb6,350 kg	7,700 lb 3,493 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon Max Trailering chart
Yukon, 5.3L EcoTec3 V8, 2WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	8,400 lb 3,810 kg	Max Trailering Package	GMC, 2026 Yukon Max Trailering chart
Yukon, 5.3L EcoTec3 V8, 4WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	8,200 lb 3,719 kg	Max Trailering Package	GMC, 2026 Yukon Max Trailering chart
Yukon, 6.2L EcoTec3 V8, 2WD	3.23	14,000 lb6,350 kg	7,700 lb 3,493 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon Max Trailering chart
Yukon, 6.2L EcoTec3 V8, 4WD	3.23	14,000 lb6,350 kg	7,500 lb 3,402 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon Max Trailering chart
Yukon, 6.2L EcoTec3 V8, 2WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	8,200 lb 3,719 kg	Max Trailering Package	GMC, 2026 Yukon Max Trailering chart
Yukon, 6.2L EcoTec3 V8, 4WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	8,000 lb 3,629 kg	Max Trailering Package	GMC, 2026 Yukon Max Trailering chart
Yukon, Duramax 3.0L Turbo-Diesel, 2WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	8,100 lb 3,674 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon Max Trailering chart
Yukon, Duramax 3.0L Turbo-Diesel, 4WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	7,900 lb 3,583 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon Max Trailering chart
Yukon XL, 5.3L EcoTec3 V8, 2WD	3.23	14,000 lb6,350 kg	7,700 lb 3,493 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon XL Max Trailering chart
Yukon XL, 5.3L EcoTec3 V8, 4WD	3.23	14,000 lb6,350 kg	7,500 lb 3,402 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon XL Max Trailering chart
Yukon XL, 5.3L EcoTec3 V8, 2WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	8,200 lb 3,719 kg	Max Trailering Package	GMC, 2026 Yukon XL Max Trailering chart
Yukon XL, 5.3L EcoTec3 V8, 4WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	8,000 lb 3,629 kg	Max Trailering Package	GMC, 2026 Yukon XL Max Trailering chart
Yukon XL, 6.2L EcoTec3 V8, 2WD	3.23	14,000 lb6,350 kg	7,500 lb 3,402 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon XL Max Trailering chart
Yukon XL, 6.2L EcoTec3 V8, 4WD	3.23	14,000 lb6,350 kg	7,300 lb 3,311 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon XL Max Trailering chart
Yukon XL, 6.2L EcoTec3 V8, 2WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	8,000 lb 3,629 kg	Max Trailering Package	GMC, 2026 Yukon XL Max Trailering chart
Yukon XL, 6.2L EcoTec3 V8, 4WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	7,800 lb 3,538 kg	Max Trailering Package	GMC, 2026 Yukon XL Max Trailering chart
Yukon XL, Duramax 3.0L Turbo-Diesel, 2WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	7,900 lb 3,583 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon XL Max Trailering chart
Yukon XL, Duramax 3.0L Turbo-Diesel, 4WD	3.23	14,500 lb6,577 kg	7,700 lb 3,493 kg		GMC, 2026 Yukon XL Max Trailering chart

What the Yukon needs to tow its rating

These come from GMC's own documents, cited in the sources below.

The top ratings (8,400 lb Yukon 2WD, 8,200 lb Yukon XL 2WD, both 5.3L V8) are footnoted "With available Max Trailering Package."
GMC: "Requires properly equipped vehicle. Maximum trailering ratings are intended for comparison purposes only."
The Duramax 3.0L Turbo-Diesel carries one rating per drive; GMC prints no Max Trailering Package row for it.

Payload, tongue weight and GCWR: the limits you hit first

Our guidance, not a rule. This is how the ratings above fit together, not a figure from GMC.

The tow rating is only one of five limits. The trailer's tongue weight sits on the truck, so it comes out of payload along with every passenger and everything in the bed, and it loads the rear axle. The truck and trailer together must stay under GCWR. A truck with a big crew and a full bed can reach its payload or GCWR with a trailer well under its tow rating. Run your own numbers in Can I tow this?, which checks all three at once and names the one you hit first, or work through them one at a time with the payload calculator and the tongue weight calculator.

2026 GMC Yukon towing capacity in Canada

Not verified: GMC Canada's 2026 Yukon figures were not opened.

On a Canadian truck the certification label gives GVWR in kilograms, labelled both GVWR and PNBV (Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1038), s. 6(1)(e)(i)). The figures to trust are the ones on your own door opening.

Check your own Yukon

Towing capacity by VIN: what a VIN decode tells you, and where your real rating is printed.
Can I tow this?: payload, tongue weight and GCWR checked together for your truck and trailer.
Payload calculator: what is left on your sticker after people, gear and the tongue.
Tongue weight calculator: the target tongue weight for your trailer.
Hitch class finder: which receiver class covers your trailer and tongue weight.
Towing capacity by vehicle: every truck and SUV we have a page for.

Sources

Every document below was opened and read on the date shown. Ratings are the maker's; we have not tested them.

GMC, Max Trailering 2026 Yukon chart: 2026 Yukon, 3.23 axle, 2WD / 4WD: 5.3L V8 7,900 / 7,700 lb (GCWR 14,000) or 8,400 / 8,200 lb with Max Trailering Package (GCWR 14,500); 6.2L V8 7,700 / 7,500 lb (14,000) or 8,200 / 8,000 lb with the package (14,500); Duramax 3.0L Turbo-Diesel 8,100 / 7,900 lb (14,500). Quoted: "Requires properly equipped vehicle. Maximum trailering ratings are intended for comparison purposes only." Checked 2026-10-24.
GMC, Max Trailering 2026 Yukon XL chart: 2026 Yukon XL, 3.23 axle, 2WD / 4WD: 5.3L V8 7,700 / 7,500 lb (GCWR 14,000) or 8,200 / 8,000 lb with Max Trailering Package (GCWR 14,500); 6.2L V8 7,500 / 7,300 lb (14,000) or 8,000 / 7,800 lb with the package (14,500); Duramax 3.0L Turbo-Diesel 7,900 / 7,700 lb (14,500). Quoted: "With available Max Trailering Package." Checked 2026-10-24.