T18skyguy wrote:
phil-t wrote:
Don't see an issue with what you are planning. Make sure the hitch and tow systems are rated appropriately.
We dingy-tow a '14 Cadillac SRX (~4000lbs) behind our rig with no problems, and we are closer to GCWR than you. It's a class A with the V10, but shouldn't matter.
What chassis is your rig on?
It's the standard Ford cutaway. It seems that once they get 40-50 thousand on them they start pinging and knocking, and the extra weight seems to make it that much worse. We have a lot of mountains here in in western Oregon, and it's a laborious climb even without a toad. Maybe I'll give the MKZ a shot. If I don't like it I'm only out a base plate. I can use the hitch on a lighter vehicle if I decide to go that way. Thanks for all the perspective you guys give me.
Being an aviation guy, you know that more of your hp is being used to push air, not move weight. Of course this changes on hills, but even then the toad won't make a lot of difference. I used to have a 1998 C with less horsepower and fewer gears, towing toads from 2400 to 3400 pounds. I was hard pressed to feel the difference from light to heavy, and the difference between towing and not was pretty subtle.
