PUP trailer
I have never posted in the folding trailers section. I want to buy my Niece and her Husband and 4 kids a PUP. The drive a minivan so a folding trailer should work fine without having to upgrade tow ve...
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camp-n-family wrote:It's a Chrysler minivan with the 3.8 motor. I felt as long as they keep the weight of everything under 3500# they should be fine.I hate to be the weight police but I think you're really pushing the limits of most of the minivans out there. Six people and all there stuff pulling a PUP is going to put a lot of strain on the transmission and suspension.
Todays minivans are pretty stout tow vehicles. Most have payloads higher than 1/2 ton trucks, the Caravan is 1700lbs for example. Properly equipped they all have tow ratings of 3500lbs and several do not decrease that rating due to weight in the vehicle.
An 8-10' pup loaded will weigh less than 2500lbs and have less than 400lbs tongue weight. Even if the passengers weighed 1000lbs combined (which is a lot considering 4 of them are kids) they'd still have plenty of payload and tow rating remaining. Within the ratings it will tow fine.
