Toe (tow) vehicles

[Feersty]

Just thinking about this because it is going to become of importance to people or already has. Do you need a V8? Do you need 4WD? Can a V6 Ranger pull a trailer? discuss

Edited by JohnC, to preserve the original misspelling (for hilarity's sake) but to also make sure this thread will show up in searches

[Sijray21]

i bet you wish you could change that title to toW Vehicles instead huh? :wink:

[BLINGMW]

[JohnC]

[.RJ]

Just thinking about this because it is going to become of importance to people or already has. Do you need a V8? Do you need 4WD? Can a V6 Ranger pull a trailer? discuss

You need a truck to handle what you're towing. If its a kart or a formula vee, then you dont need anything more than a station wagon.

That said, trucks and body-on-frame (think crown vic, etc) make the best tow rigs and you want to tow safely under the rated towing capacity. A v6 ranger would work pretty well for a small car and aluminum trailer - I think they're rated at 6,000 lbs. For towing you'll need brakes, tranny cooler, and brake conroller - most tow packages have all of these things upgraded standard, and usually cooling and charging systems too. Tow capacity on my F150 is almost 9k lbs, and I should be towing around 4k + whatever's in the bed.

And if you didnt already know, diesel is more better by a long shot. More torque, better mileage, run forever, etc - but the initial cost is significantly higher. Since I wont be driving my truck every day and towing a light load its not worth it.

[Nick325is]

Don't forget the added weight distribution benefit of a goose neck trailer hitch.



Nick

[JackoliciousLegs]

i bet you wish you could change that title to toW Vehicles instead huh? :wink:

:oops:

[D_Eclipse9916]

Hey does anyone know where I can get one of those small trailers thatll tow tires. I see a lot of people with miatas have them? what kind of price range am I looking at.

[.RJ]

Harbor Freight, Northern Tool

[Andy]

What about a big Minivan like the new v6 odysseys. It could double as a family vehicle and easily justified to the significant other.

[Mike]

i wouldn't want to tow with that... then again, if what you're racing is really small (i'm thinking non-production car) you may be able to pull it off.

[.RJ]

What about a big Minivan like the new v6 odysseys. It could double as a family vehicle and easily justified to the significant other.

Those are only rated to tow around 3500 lbs

[Andy]

GRM tows their cars with the new Odyssey I thought. Maybe I'm mistaken.

[Mike]

3500lbs is "enough," but the journey won't be an easy one.

[Feersty]

Hey does anyone know where I can get one of those small trailers thatll tow tires. I see a lot of people with miatas have them? what kind of price range am I looking at.

B00bies has one, but said it was like a ridiculous amount to register it, like $100. I think total it comes to around $500 for the whole shabang and a permanent trailer tag.

[G.Irish]

3500lbs is "enough," but the journey won't be an easy one.

The Odyssey has more horsepower than the F150 we drove to Sebring that year. So I'd say its probably not much scarrier than that (which isn't saying much but I digress).

[Maengelito]

Hey does anyone know where I can get one of those small trailers thatll tow tires. I see a lot of people with miatas have them? what kind of price range am I looking at.

i think chad is selling his

[.RJ]

The Odyssey has more horsepower than the F150 we drove to Sebring that year. So I'd say its probably not much scarrier than that (which isn't saying much but I digress).

But alot less torque, wheelbase and weight, tiny tires, and a unibody. All of those things are going to make it tow poorly - HP is really only a small part of the equation here, if at all and a average size trailer will really want to push a small tow vehicle around. My truck has "only 260" hp.

[Mike]

3500lbs is "enough," but the journey won't be an easy one.

The Odyssey has more horsepower than the F150 we drove to Sebring that year. So I'd say its probably not much scarrier than that (which isn't saying much but I digress).

horsepower means just about 0 for towing.

[Jeff]

GRM tows their cars with the new Odyssey I thought. Maybe I'm mistaken.

FWD tow vehicle is a bad plan. I have seen many a esploded automagic transmission due to this. Just get a 2wd v8 pickup to make towin fun and easy. Thats gonna be ur cheapest way to go. An old late 80s early 90s F-150, 1500 Chevy, or a 1500 Ram would work great. 250 is always nice but stay away from older ford powerstrokes, 5-speed or auto. In those years the older turbo diesel trucks from Chevy and Dodge had automatic transmission problems, but the 5-speeds were strong. All that said a simple 1500...maybe with towing group from the factory is all that is needed.