Looking for SUV recommendation
Currently have a Hyundai Santa Fe and used it to tow a light tent trailer (no trailer brakes), no problem. With Covid closing bathhouses, we have been looking to upgrade, and just bought a Jayco Jay F...
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KD4UPL wrote:
There are a lot of small SUVs rated for about 5,000 pounds towing. I would stay away from most of them. They are unibody which means no actual frame. Some may not allow the use of a weight distributing hitch which you will need. They are not really meant for regular towing, their rating is largely just a marketing tool.
I would look at a Tahoe or Suburban from GM or an Expedition from Ford. A Durango might be good too but I've never like Chrysler automatic transmissions.
What KD4UPL said. Particularly about the weight-distribution hitch. I got myself into a situation a few years back where I had the wrong SUV for the towing I was doing, and I had to trade it in and get a pickup. Been happy with it ever since, but it was a big surprise.
-Speak
