Rant - looking for a travel trailer
I wish some manufacturer made the trailer I was looking for. I have 4 children, and I use a SUV to carry the family. And from all the threads I constantly see here, and on other sites, I'm not the on...
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Your TV sucks for pulling TTs if you keep within all its ratings. 1000 pound TW with 7500-ish pound tow rating would be a better match. There are TTs and SUVs that can handle that, but not mid sized ones. But at 1000 pounds of TW, few SUVs have the payload for that and a family of 6, even full sized half tons.
These are your compromised choices:
1) Keep your LR and find something near 3500 pounds dry. That will grow to 4200-4500 pounds with a family's camping supplies and near your 550 pound TW limit.
2) Get a more capable 3-row mid sized SUV. Dodge Durango may be the highest tow/TW rating in the 7500/750 pound ranges. Audi Q7 and MB GL are only slightly higher than you have now in the 650 pound TW range.
3) Get a larger/more capable 3row SUV. Tow ratings are in the 8-9k range, but TW limits and payload will limit you to near 6k dry.
4) You may be interested in CanAm customizations for your LR. They push the ratings of most vehicles, but their know the physics of towing and how to improve any vehicle. And they aren't terribly far from you.
These are your compromised choices:
1) Keep your LR and find something near 3500 pounds dry. That will grow to 4200-4500 pounds with a family's camping supplies and near your 550 pound TW limit.
2) Get a more capable 3-row mid sized SUV. Dodge Durango may be the highest tow/TW rating in the 7500/750 pound ranges. Audi Q7 and MB GL are only slightly higher than you have now in the 650 pound TW range.
3) Get a larger/more capable 3row SUV. Tow ratings are in the 8-9k range, but TW limits and payload will limit you to near 6k dry.
4) You may be interested in CanAm customizations for your LR. They push the ratings of most vehicles, but their know the physics of towing and how to improve any vehicle. And they aren't terribly far from you.
