Yikes! Rockey mountain special

Just to clear things up it was driven from london Ontario to banff Alberta. it is the same size as my trailer 31' with a gvwr of 7500 lbs. The people seem very nice. I mentioned that his TV is overloaded and he didn't seen concerned. I'm surprised that the hitch hasn't ripped off. I was careful when loading mine to keep the tw to 1000 lbs.

jspence1 wrote:
Just to clear things up it was driven from london Ontario to banff Alberta. it is the same size as my trailer 31' with a gvwr of 7500 lbs. The people seem very nice. I mentioned that his TV is overloaded and he didn't seen concerned. I'm surprised that the hitch hasn't ripped off. I was careful when loading mine to keep the tw to 1000 lbs.

He is likely way under the tire load rating of the van's tires.

I can almost assure you that this van was set up by Can Am RV. They match these trailers to the tow vehicles. They really focus on set up of the Receiver hitch and the WD hitch. Also they match the trailer to the vehicle.

Notice the overall trailer hight? Aerodynamically this 31 ft surveyor at 9.5 ish ft high is much easier to tow than a 19 ft long 11 ft high standard travel trailer.

The Van has a 285 hp Pentastar V6 in it. Power is not a problem .... at all... These vans also have heavy duty cooling systems so temps are not a problem.

As far as the hitch... This isn't some uhaul bolt on deal. It looks something like these below





Nice looking set up, I would love to tow something like that with my current 14 Town and Country.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

Not a good combo. And I do not care what CanAm says about towing so much with so little tow vehicle.

Ken

I'll ask if it's a canam setup today

TXiceman wrote:
Not a good combo. And I do not care what CanAm says about towing so much with so little tow vehicle.

Ken

there is nothing little about a Chrysler minivan. They have more interior room than a Tahoe.

You can discount the 30 years of experience Can Am brings to the table. That's fine. However, there is NOTHING unsafe about that rig. It pulls, handles, and stops great.

It's not an accident waiting to happen. Andy and crew have thousands of Minivan haulers set up on the road with millions of safe miles under their belts. Many of their customers are on their second and third minivan set up.

Just because it's not 3 ft in the air and doesn't have a bed doesn't make it a bad tow vehicle. Many would be surprised just how well these vehicles tow when set up properly and matched properly to the correct trailer.

Not all trailers work for a rig like this. There is so much more to safe towing than weight.

Thanks

Jeremiah

A guy would think the short distance from the hitch ball point to the centerline of the rear axle, vs the overall wheelbase of the van, might make it a pretty decent tow setup. :h

The trailer hitch in the photo is unsafe. The main beam in it stops right infront of the gas tank. It would fail MVSS 208 testing.
MM49

The weakest link is the transmission in these vans. I can't imagine towing anything more than a pop-up with one of these! I've owned two in the past.

Ok an update. It was setup by canam for an 18' hybrid he used to own and he upgraded to this trailer. The only issue he had was overheating in the mountains.

jerem0621 wrote:

TXiceman wrote:
Not a good combo. And I do not care what CanAm says about towing so much with so little tow vehicle.

Ken

there is nothing little about a Chrysler minivan. They have more interior room than a Tahoe.

You can discount the 30 years of experience Can Am brings to the table. That's fine. However, there is NOTHING unsafe about that rig. It pulls, handles, and stops great.

It's not an accident waiting to happen. Andy and crew have thousands of Minivan haulers set up on the road with millions of safe miles under their belts. Many of their customers are on their second and third minivan set up.

Just because it's not 3 ft in the air and doesn't have a bed doesn't make it a bad tow vehicle. Many would be surprised just how well these vehicles tow when set up properly and matched properly to the correct trailer.

Not all trailers work for a rig like this. There is so much more to safe towing than weight.

Thanks

Jeremiah

How do they deal with gvwr and gvwr?