Best Diesel SUV Tow Vehicles?
We're getting a 25 ft. Airstream travel trailer and would like to tow it with a diesel SUV. The trailer has a Gross Vehicle Weight of 7300 lbs. and the Mercedes-Benz GL350 we're considering has a maxi...
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APT wrote:Bionic Man wrote:
I haven't towed a travel trailer with any of the above, but it seems that the specs will allow you to do so safely.
None of the mid-sized SUVs have receivers or body mounts able to handle 800+ pounds of loaded tongue weight. Some do not recommend using a WDH, however many owners do anyways. I have not seen any of them equipped with more than 1200 pounds of payload either, so 300-400 pounds of passengers and equipment is limiting.
So, you are saying that a Yukon/Tahoe is a "mid-sized" SUV? Because the Benz and the Q7 have similar dimensions.
I didn't go all the way through either of those vehicles specs, but I never saw anything that eliminated use of a WDH. Can you show me where you saw that?
