Towing capacity of Sprinter motorhome
My wife and I are evaluating the purchase of a 2015 Winnebago View or Itasca Navion 24J. They in essence are the same motorhome except for color schemes. We previously full-timed for two years in ...
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Are you willing to go for a LIGHT TOAD?
We started out with a Toyota Tercel, under 2000#
Then a little Mitsubishi (aka Dodge Ram 50) pickup around 2500#
Sold both and went with Nissan Frontier nearly 4000#
Towed Tercel and Mitsu with a 460 then Mitsu and Frontier with V10
With both RV's we could tell between No Toad and Toad.
We can feel the difference in towing the extra weight of Frontier over Mitsu.
All this with big block or V10. Based on this, here's my counsel:
Get a Toad that weighs (mfr's Curb Weight) less than 3000#. There are very nice vehicles meeting that spec.
***OR*** find a Toad with GVWR (door sticker Gross Vehicle Weight) less than 3000#. The Tercel GVWR was 2900-something#. There are a number of subcompacts that meet this also.
I see this in Cars, Boats, RV's all the time. "Can it do it?" is not the same as "Will I like it?" We have a toad-capable Corolla (manual shift like all the others above are/were) and I'm ready to set it up for towing and save that 1000# or so when we don't want to take the Frontier on our trips.
You're re-tooling your whole RV operation, so I'd suggest you match toad to new RV and don't try bumping the max in the ratings.
We started out with a Toyota Tercel, under 2000#
Then a little Mitsubishi (aka Dodge Ram 50) pickup around 2500#
Sold both and went with Nissan Frontier nearly 4000#
Towed Tercel and Mitsu with a 460 then Mitsu and Frontier with V10
With both RV's we could tell between No Toad and Toad.
We can feel the difference in towing the extra weight of Frontier over Mitsu.
All this with big block or V10. Based on this, here's my counsel:
Get a Toad that weighs (mfr's Curb Weight) less than 3000#. There are very nice vehicles meeting that spec.
***OR*** find a Toad with GVWR (door sticker Gross Vehicle Weight) less than 3000#. The Tercel GVWR was 2900-something#. There are a number of subcompacts that meet this also.
I see this in Cars, Boats, RV's all the time. "Can it do it?" is not the same as "Will I like it?" We have a toad-capable Corolla (manual shift like all the others above are/were) and I'm ready to set it up for towing and save that 1000# or so when we don't want to take the Frontier on our trips.
You're re-tooling your whole RV operation, so I'd suggest you match toad to new RV and don't try bumping the max in the ratings.
