Towing a 10' Popup with a Toyota Camry
About 10 years ago I came to this forum and asked about towing a 10’ Colman popup with a Toyota Camry 4 Cylinder. One member, who fortunately lives in my region and had towed with a Camry, suggested ...
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'tiredTeacher wrote:
Back in my early days of travel trailers (I'm 66), folks would tow with what they had. My FIL towed a 18' Shasta with a Buick Electra 225. Your towing a pop-up with a properly installed hitch continues that tradition - well done!Teach
My dad was also a teacher. Back in the day he also towed a Shasta (16') with a 1958 Ford Fairlane, custom hitch, 6cyl. Made a number of trips to the East coast and Midwest. Worked good even with 4 of us in the car. Back then 55mph was about as fast as one would tow.
The familiy tradition continues here as well.
Like dad we also tow with a V6 sedan with a custom hitch. These days the car is smaller, the trailer is larger, and the performance/handling/speeds are better. 200 hrs of towing in the last 6 years and all is well. The rig handles the hills in Ontario very well. We did do the climb to Watkins Glen State park in 1st gear without a sweat.:)
