bimbert84 wrote:
I've been following this thread with great interest, and have even contributed a few posts myself. But I'd also like to make an observation, and you can take it for what it's worth. I mean no disrespect, but from reading your responses it seems to me you're only absorbing what you want to hear.
No, not at all. Why do you think i'm so disappointed, because I know this isn't a smart idea. But I am also an optimist and when I hear just ONE person tell me something is possible, I tend to get my hopes up. But I've already given up hope that I will tow what I want with this Escape. I thought that was obvious.
I can hook up my trailer to a motorcycle and take a picture. Does that make it a good tow vehicle?
Well I didn't mean a picture of it sitting in a parking lot, i've seen pictures of Escapes DRIVING down a road towing a camper. But I guess it would be easy to do that just for the picture to fool people but that seems like a pretty elaborate scheme to go through all that when the know it isn't even possible!
The fact that you don't understand GVWR, GCWR, frontal area, and a bunch of other important towing concepts further exacerbates the situation. Can you tow it? Of course. Will it be safe? Very questionable. Will it place undue stress on the vehicle? Most definitely.
I do understand GVWR, it stands for gross vehicle weight rating, and it means that is how much the vehicle can withstand, total. Which is why I was trying to find a trailer that weighs less than that.
There are many, many experienced RVers on this forum and most of them believe that proceeding with your plan would be a mistake. Many of us have made similar mistakes ourselves. Please understand the negative comments are just an effort from experienced folks trying to prevent you from doing the same.
I do understand people trying to prevent me from making a mistake, but all i'm saying is it's confusing when there are lots of people saying it IS possible. I got at least 5 private messages from people probably afraid to say it in here for all to see because they knew they'd be in the minority, but it's not as small of a minority as you think. That being said, I still understand the complications of this and realize i'm in over my head and will most likely give up on my dream.
