Towing a Honda CRV one time - NC to Maine

way2roll wrote:
A few opinions; tow dollies can go faster than 55 and that restriction is likely due to some insurance mandate from Uhaul as a company to rent them. I doubt 90% of the people that rent a tow dolly from U haul maintain under 55. I have personally seen them go much faster. Secondly, while I am always in favor of a supplemental braking system, I think you can get by with this one-time, one way trip. I mean, no one else has a supplemental braking system when renting a uhaul dolly and I've seen some towed with vehicles that would probably really need it. Your MH is big enough I doubt it will matter significantly provided you drive safe and with enough cushion.

Thanks, these are all very valid points, and is what I was thinking as well. I'm just not sure my father in law will feel the same way about us towing his CRV (that car is his baby, he very protective of it, haha).

....are you sure about the tongue weight? If the towed car is centered over the axles of the trailer I would guess it's designed to minimize tongue weight. Uhaul should know the specs.

No, I don't know for certain on tongue weight, but pretty certain on total weight: Trailer weighs around 2k empty according to Uhaul, add 3500 for the CRV, and we are at 5500, before they even begin to load that car with all their luggage, haha.

For tongue weight, I was going off the fact you want at least 10% tongue weight for stability, 10% of 5500 is 550 lbs. I suppose with the car positioned right over axles, you could get by with less than 10% tongue weight, but total weight would certainly be over.

Lastly, if you decided to buy a tow dolly, I doubt you'd be stuck with it for long. When we sold ours people were falling over themselves to buy it.

Thats cool, but I've had not quite as good luck in the past when selling various things. Is a good point, though.