Favorite 3rd row vehicles to tow.
Anyone towing a vehicle with 3rd row? Traveling with 6 so I need a small 3rd row. What 3rd row have you been happy with towing? What's too big for comfort?
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Rick Jay wrote:
Like rk911 mentioned, you have to know the details for your own specific case. For our rig, we have a GVWR of 22,000 lbs. and a GCWR of 26,000 lbs.. The tow hitch is rated for 5,000 lbs. and the tow bar is rated for 6,500 lbs.
Oh, I also have a 2003 Suzuki XL-7 with a 3rd row seat and 4WD (such models up to 2006 were flat-towable).
~Rick
That's exactly my situation, too. 22K GVWR/26K GCWR. I have a 2009 Odyssey and am probably brave enough to flat-tow it :-) but there's that weight thing. I'd prefer a vehicle that weighs under 4000 pounds, and while I have such a 6-passenger vehicle (>= 6 is a requirement for us), it's a Mazda 5 with auto trans, which means dolly towing. An XL-7 would fill the bill nicely; under 4000 pounds, four-down towable, seats more than 6.
My one question is, according to the Motorhome Magazine dingy guides, the tow speed limit is 55 MPH/run engine every 200 miles. I can live with the 200, since I'm likely to take a bio break about that often anyway, but I don't like the 55 thing.
Soooo, while you aren't towing yours, if anyone who four-down tows an XL-7 is reading this and does so at 65, have there been any problems?
Thanks!
