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Moondancer
Explorer
Mar 22, 2016

rental tow vehicle

I need information on renting a tow vehicle. I am towing a 31ft trailsport. I have a 2011 Ram 2500 which does the job fine. What I need is 3rd row seating as I will be bringing 4 teenage grands with wife and I across country. East coast to west coast for about 5 weeks hence the third row. Y'all know the drill, he's touching me, she is breathing my air, he is breathing too loud. So a seat space in between each one will do lots to keep me sane on the first few 500 mile days to get to our first real stop at Mt. Rushmore.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
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  • mkirsch's avatar
    mkirsch
    Nomad II
    Mar 23, 2016
    "31ft Trailsport" is the trailer and I'm guessing it probably weighs at least 7500lbs.

    Very few vehicles exist with at least 3 rows of seating and can comfortably tow anywhere near 7500lbs.

    You have to consider the fact that you are carrying what are essentially SIX fully-grown adults and their stuff in the vehicle, and that is going to KILL your payload capacity. Even if you average 120lbs a person, it's still 720lbs just in people. So whatever you choose as your vehicle needs to be able to deal with 1000lbs+ of people and stuff, plus at least another 1100lbs of tongue weight, plus have the power to move it at highway speeds under normal driving conditions.

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