2020 model year · Fourth generation (K2XX)

Chevrolet Tahoe towing capacity

Highest rating we have, 20208,400 lb

Maker3,810 kg

We have Chevrolet’s figures for two configurations of the 2020 Tahoe; the highest rating among them is 8,400 lb (Special Service Vehicle (5W4), fleet 4WD with the Max Trailering Package, per Chevrolet’s 2020 Tahoe 4x4 Special Service specification guide).

The lowest rating is 4,000 lb, for the Police Pursuit Vehicle (9C1), fleet 4WD.

2020 Tahoe 4x4 Special Service specification guide

Configurations: 8
Payload: 1,590–1,708 lb

01 / Ratings

Every 2020 Tahoe configuration

8 configurations Chevrolet sells, each with the ratings Chevrolet publishes for it. A package that changes a rating gets its own row. All have the 5.3L EcoTec3 V8.

2020 Chevrolet Tahoe

Makerin pounds

2020 Chevrolet Tahoe towing capacity, GCWR, payload and tongue weight by configuration, in pounds
Configuration	Max towing^{source 2} lb	Max payload^{source 2} lb	GVWR^{source 2} lb	Axle^{source 2} ratio	Tow check
LS · LT · Premier (2017-2020)2WD	not in our data	not in our data	not in our data	not in our data	Check load →
LS · LT · Premier (2017-2020)4WD	not in our data	not in our data	not in our data	not in our data	Check load →
Police Pursuit Vehicle (9C1), fleet4WD	4,000^{source 1}	1,590^{source 1}	7,100^{source 1}	3.08^{source 1}	Check load →
Police Pursuit Vehicle (9C1), fleet4WDwith 40/40 front seat (fleet option)	4,000^{source 1}	1,628^{source 1}	7,100^{source 1}	3.08^{source 1}	Check load →
Special Service Vehicle (5W4), fleet4WD	6,400	1,670	7,300	3.08	Check load →
Special Service Vehicle (5W4), fleet Most4WDwith Max Trailering Package (NHT)	8,400	1,670	7,300	3.42	Check load →
Special Service Vehicle (5W4), fleet4WDwith 40/40 front seat (fleet option)	6,400	1,708	7,300	3.08	Check load →

“Not published”: the maker doesn’t print it. —: not in the documents we hold yet. A number by a column’s name is the source of its figures that have none of their own. Scroll the table sideways for every rating.

SourcesMakerThe small number by a figure says which document it is from.

How Chevrolet rates towing: calculated assuming a minimally equipped vehicle plus driver; with the (NHT) Max Trailering Package; calculated assuming a minimally equipped vehicle plus options necessary plus driver.

Documents last checked Oct 12, 2026. How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

2020 Chevrolet Tahoe specs: payload, dimensions, ground clearance and weight beside the towing ratings.

The Tahoe, generation by generation: clearance, angles, weights and every configuration.

Chevrolet Tahoe K2XX (2015–2020): full specs

02 / Why

Which one tows the most, and why

Each figure below is the gap between two of Chevrolet’s own ratings for configurations that differ in one thing only.

What moves the rating

Maker

Tows the most: 8,400 lb

Special Service Vehicle (5W4), fleet 4WD with the Max Trailering Package. Without it the same configuration is rated 6,400 lb.

Package
Max Trailering Package (NHT)
+2,000 lb
Same configuration otherwise · one pair in the table

03 / By year

Tahoe towing by model year

The highest rating each model year, from that year’s documents. Years rated the same in every configuration share one page.

04 / Next

Check it against your load

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05 / FAQ

Questions people ask

Which 2020 Tahoe configurations do we have towing ratings for?

Has the Chevrolet Tahoe’s towing capacity changed by year?

Highest rating by model year: 2020, 8,400 lb; 2019, 8,400 lb; 2018, 8,600 lb; 2017, 8,600 lb; 2016, 8,600 lb; 2015, 8,600 lb.

What is the GVWR of the 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe?

7,100–7,300 lb by configuration; the most is 7,300 lb, for the Special Service Vehicle (5W4), fleet 4WD. GVWR is the most the vehicle may weigh with its people, cargo and the trailer’s tongue weight aboard.

These are Chevrolet’s published ratings, not a weighbridge. Your own vehicle’s GVWR and axle ratings are on its certification label, and only a scale tells you what your loaded rig weighs. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.