Prius towing a travel trailer? Yes.
Saw this at Costco in Washington state... It was an older single axle trailer. What do you think? Sorry I didn't get more photos. Was in a hurry.
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For those who do not have CAD and want to determine for themselves:
I'll give you another way to know within an inch or two how far the crankdown jack is back/behind the center of the Pruis where the vehicle's hitch ball would have to be located.
Place a dot on each side of the trailer's max outside width point outside of the top clearance lights and measure the distance. Now draw a line straight towards the camera lenses. Next measure the distance from the closest trailer dot palallel to the trailer's side over to the drawn line to the camera lenses. You know the trailer is either 7' wide or 8' wide and by knowing these 2 measurements (the base and the height of a triangle) you can easily calculate the angle the pic is taken at and find the actual angle for both possible trailer widths. Using that same angles you know know, you can find exactly where the center of the prius bumper's point is and also the exact center of hitch ball. Also, by using the crank down jack location, the center of the trailer's coupler ball location.
Don't even need a CAD program to determine that the trailer's coupler ball couldn't be within 8" min of the ball location on the Prius using the most favorable measurements.
Nuff said!
I'll give you another way to know within an inch or two how far the crankdown jack is back/behind the center of the Pruis where the vehicle's hitch ball would have to be located.
Place a dot on each side of the trailer's max outside width point outside of the top clearance lights and measure the distance. Now draw a line straight towards the camera lenses. Next measure the distance from the closest trailer dot palallel to the trailer's side over to the drawn line to the camera lenses. You know the trailer is either 7' wide or 8' wide and by knowing these 2 measurements (the base and the height of a triangle) you can easily calculate the angle the pic is taken at and find the actual angle for both possible trailer widths. Using that same angles you know know, you can find exactly where the center of the prius bumper's point is and also the exact center of hitch ball. Also, by using the crank down jack location, the center of the trailer's coupler ball location.
Don't even need a CAD program to determine that the trailer's coupler ball couldn't be within 8" min of the ball location on the Prius using the most favorable measurements.
Nuff said!
