What has 3 rows and can pull 9K?
Kinda sounds like a grade-school riddle, right? We recently purchased a trailer with a GVWR of 7700 pounds, and are looking for our next tow vehicle. (No rush yet, we won't need it until spring.) W...
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Lantley wrote:
Pull is fine but be sure it has the payload capacity to carry the tongue weight and passengers. The SUV's listed do not the last time I checked
Ditto !!!
You have to watch more than just towing capacity numbers.
When manufacturers calculate tow capacity, they do not allow for weight of aftermarket accessories, passengers, pets, or cargo in the tow vehicle. As you add these things, tow capacity along with available payload, are reduced, pound for pound.
If you loaded your trailer to it's 7700 lb gross weight, it would take 1000 to 1200 lbs of your available payload, to pull it.
Your search for three rows of seating, suggests a number of passengers. They too, along with everything they bring with them, will take up a significant amount of your payload.
If you buy a vehicle with 14 - 1500 lbs of payload (typical 1/2 ton SUV), and hook up that trailer, you don't have the capacity to carry three rows of passengers.
