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sheripoms
Explorer
Mar 08, 2014

What do you guys think about this? Roo and Tahoe?

Ok,,so ,, We finally decided to go with a hybrid. So we like the Rockwood Roo 21ss Dry Weight is 4300 lbs. I understand it will be more like 4800 with awning etc.
Can my Chevy Tahoe pull it? Here are the specs on tahoe:

2008 Chevy Tahoe 2WD 5.3 flex fuel v8 engine with a Trans cooler.
3.42 gears
GVWR 7100
GAWR Front 3200
GAWR Rear 4100

Hitch Ratings
weight carrying 5000 lbs/ max tongue weight 600 lbs
Weight distributing 10,000 /tongue weight 1000 lbs
  • You can pull it. You may not be super pleased with the performance; your gear ratio is pretty low for towing. Remember that "dry weight" means with NOTHING in the trailer - often not even LP gas, much less any water, or any of your personal gear. We started out towing our similar-size/weight hybrid with an Explorer with better gear ratio than yours, and similar towing "ability" (according to the official info from Ford), and ended up trading it for a truck that was much more capable. We found the SUV just wasn't up to towing in stiff headwinds - MPG dropped like a rock and the car was really struggling. Good luck! Nice choice of trailer, BTW.

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