Towing capacity of Mazda CX-9?
Hi, I'm new to this forum. I have a 2012 Mazda CX-9 AWD. I am looking into buying an ultra light travel trailer weighing 2700 lbs. it's a Starcraft launch 17b. The dealer is saying that my car can pul...
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The tongue weight is NEVER what they advertise. It must be 10-15% of the loaded trailer weight to tow safely. People usually say a minimum of 12-13 is better.
Your CX-9 manual says its limited to 50 square feet of frontal area of you have the towing package. That's the total area you are driving into the wind with. You add a travel trailer behind your vehicle and you are going to exceed that by far. You are likely limited to a pop up.
Even the R-pods will have you exceeding your frontal area limit. Pulling more than r commended puts a lot of work on your engine. You'll run out of gas quicke, your engine will rev higher and potentially overhear, you'll have to drive slower to keep your RPMs down. It won't be fun.
I towed a 3000 pound loaded pop-up with a vehicle with a 3500# tow limit for 3 years and once we upgraded to a vehicle with a 5000 pound capacity, I realized how our last towing experience hadn't been great.
A trailer that lists a 2700 dry weight on in th brochure is likely to weight 2900-3000 when it arrives. Load it and you're at 3700 without carrying water. And that will have a tongue weight of at least 480. You're then over your towing capacity and quite easily could be over payload over rear axle weight rating.
You need to be looking at something that is around 2000 pounds dry (and I mean yellow sticker trailer weight, not brochure weight). Then once loaded and adding the tongue, you'll likely be okay.
Your CX-9 manual says its limited to 50 square feet of frontal area of you have the towing package. That's the total area you are driving into the wind with. You add a travel trailer behind your vehicle and you are going to exceed that by far. You are likely limited to a pop up.
Even the R-pods will have you exceeding your frontal area limit. Pulling more than r commended puts a lot of work on your engine. You'll run out of gas quicke, your engine will rev higher and potentially overhear, you'll have to drive slower to keep your RPMs down. It won't be fun.
I towed a 3000 pound loaded pop-up with a vehicle with a 3500# tow limit for 3 years and once we upgraded to a vehicle with a 5000 pound capacity, I realized how our last towing experience hadn't been great.
A trailer that lists a 2700 dry weight on in th brochure is likely to weight 2900-3000 when it arrives. Load it and you're at 3700 without carrying water. And that will have a tongue weight of at least 480. You're then over your towing capacity and quite easily could be over payload over rear axle weight rating.
You need to be looking at something that is around 2000 pounds dry (and I mean yellow sticker trailer weight, not brochure weight). Then once loaded and adding the tongue, you'll likely be okay.
