Towing capacity of Sprinter motorhome
My wife and I are evaluating the purchase of a 2015 Winnebago View or Itasca Navion 24J. They in essence are the same motorhome except for color schemes. We previously full-timed for two years in ...
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As you can see by my sig, my alternate RV is a View towing a Mini Clubman. The View is on the older MB V6, so only rated to tow 3500 lbs. The Mini is a bit less than 3k and had a NSA braking system installed.
Last year, we took this rig to Alaska as part of a caravan. Because we were traveling with assorted rigs, I got to compare performance with other platforms. We had fivers, class C gassers, class A gassers and DPs in the mix.
Our View could out pull anything in the mountains, and I'm talking Canadian Rockies! Some of the other drivers teased us when the caravan started then were embarrassed later. ;)
To the OP, you will not have any problems. With the newer engine, you should be able to tow a CR-V easily. We had some bulky stuff, like camp chairs, loaded in the Mini, and had 25 gallons of diesel on the safari rack during our trip.
And because, if there's no picture it didn't happen, here's some pictures:
Top of the world highway:
Chicken, AK
Canadian Rockies:
In line for the ferry across the Yukon River in Dawson City YT:
And because our Winnie was skinny, we did a serpentine pattern across a narrow bridge just to show off. :D
Finally, our average MPG was 14 over the 10,000 mile trip. There were few service providers during our trip but the MB engine is highly reliable. Hubby went over the camper thoroughly before the trip. The engine had ~150,000 miles on it when we started and has significantly more now. We think it's just broken in, since Fed Ex runs these vans over 500,000 miles in active service.
We are very happy with the View. It's an entirely different rig than the bus but each has their strong points.
Last year, we took this rig to Alaska as part of a caravan. Because we were traveling with assorted rigs, I got to compare performance with other platforms. We had fivers, class C gassers, class A gassers and DPs in the mix.
Our View could out pull anything in the mountains, and I'm talking Canadian Rockies! Some of the other drivers teased us when the caravan started then were embarrassed later. ;)
To the OP, you will not have any problems. With the newer engine, you should be able to tow a CR-V easily. We had some bulky stuff, like camp chairs, loaded in the Mini, and had 25 gallons of diesel on the safari rack during our trip.
And because, if there's no picture it didn't happen, here's some pictures:
Top of the world highway:
Chicken, AK
Canadian Rockies:
In line for the ferry across the Yukon River in Dawson City YT:
And because our Winnie was skinny, we did a serpentine pattern across a narrow bridge just to show off. :D
Finally, our average MPG was 14 over the 10,000 mile trip. There were few service providers during our trip but the MB engine is highly reliable. Hubby went over the camper thoroughly before the trip. The engine had ~150,000 miles on it when we started and has significantly more now. We think it's just broken in, since Fed Ex runs these vans over 500,000 miles in active service.
We are very happy with the View. It's an entirely different rig than the bus but each has their strong points.
