Prius towing a travel trailer? Yes.

AWESOME! On the Prius board, if you read it, that picture was also taken at the Silverdale Costco...Same place I took my picture.
Weird. I must have lied about it and made the picture up too...

Says he still gets 40 mpg. Not to shabby.

Road Ruler wrote:
It is no big deal folks for a 3,000lb vehicle to tow a 2,500lb TT.

That's just an optical illusion. That car is clearly towing the ship!

ls1mike wrote:

sky_free wrote:
Here you go:

That is it! Where did you get that? That is the one!

Or what I mean to say is, do you know where that was taken? Just wonder how far the guy travels.
I should have talked to the guy. If the kids had not had so much "energy" I would have.

Oh and thank you. I would not have lied about it.

You're welcome! I searched on images.google.com and it popped right up.

Here is the original discussion:

Prius Chat

Tvov wrote:
How long is that TT? Looks remarkably large for a single axle trailer.

Looks to be about a 14' Lark, or very similar to one I owned back in that era.

Lessmore wrote:

Tvov wrote:
How long is that TT? Looks remarkably large for a single axle trailer.

Not back in the 1960's. My family camped regularly...all summer...during the '60's and this trailer isn't that unusual.

I imagine it is like a 3500 to 4000 pound axle.

The Pruis CVT is a planetary drive. I actually wouldn't be concerned about that, especially since the computer won't really damage anything.

The rear suspension however is really lightweight. Also power of the combustion motor is pretty low, so the power-train really can't provide the sustained HP that I would want for a full profile trailer.

FWIW - one of m former customers tows a 24' tandem axle TT with her Ford Escape Hybrid. She has over 100k on the thing, towing regularly. She says performance is great. The Escape has a very similar power-train to the Prius, and some of the controls are essentially shared.

Tvov wrote:
How long is that TT? Looks remarkably large for a single axle trailer.

Not back in the 1960's. My family camped regularly...all summer...during the '60's and this trailer isn't that unusual.

Road Ruler wrote:
It is no big deal folks for a 3,000lb vehicle to tow a 2,500lb TT.

Not a big deal, just don't see it a lot here. I think it is more of a question of how the CVT will hold up and what the hitch is hooked into on the unibody.

It is no big deal folks for a 3,000lb vehicle to tow a 2,500lb TT.

sky_free wrote:
Here you go:

You're really good at photoshop :) but I can still see the legs of the squirrel that was really pulling that trailer