Question about tow vehicle capability
I'm new to the forum, looks like lot's of great information. Hope my question doesn't repeat a previous thread. We're buying our first trailer (moving up from a pop-up) to be towed by a 2018 Hyund...
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MNGeeks61 wrote:
Does your Santa Fe have the towing package? Does that package include an additional transmission cooler? 5000 lbs sure sounds like a lot assuming those two bits of info...
We have had three Santa Fe's. The last one had the 3.3L v6 and towing a 700 lb utility trailer with a load of rock in it (prob 1500 lbs) it squatted pretty heavily (no idea what tongue weight was). Then again it was a 2013 and only FWD.
Might be kinda hard to find axle ratings on those as well, I'd ask Hyundai directly. But as others have said, that's a big frontal area, and a big sail catching the wind, on a short-ish wheelbase vehicle. Even if possible, you may be going up hills pretty slow.
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Great info, thanks! Yes mine has the towing package, but that doesn't include the transmission cooler, but I could always add one.
The axle ratings are 3064 front, 3075 rear.
Yes, your link is to the Solaire we're considering. Actually, the excellent information folks are posting on this thread is causing us to reconsider the 147X, which is about 600 pounds lighter unloaded and has a GVWR of 3815. The Solaire expandables aren't carried by many Palomino dealers in the northeast, so now I have to try to find one.
