Short TT with bunks and fixed queen?
I have a question on behalf of a friend who is looking for a different RV (needs are changing and their popup is not the right fit anymore). Does anyone know of travel trailer models that fit the foll...
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The MDX tows 5000# when properly equipped, but trust me, you don't want to tow a travel trailer with it. How do I know? That was the vehicle we had prior to our truck and after one 550 km (310 mile) drive home, and using 2 tanks of gas to get home and barely making it to fill up the first time and having to fill up a 2nd time when we arrived to our city so we could make it to our house...we went shopping for a truck. ;)
As per the manual:
I'd stick to towing with the Tundra. What are their reasons for wanting something shorter? Ours is 24' hitch to bumper and we can fit it on our driveway to park and can still fit into lots of small, well treed, private camping sites. Ours has 2 good sized bunks (actual twin bed width, not the skinny ones) and we have a king bed. But it's not a walk around bed, it's a read hard slide (no tenting). So we end up with a good amount of space but that rear slide is awesome as it seems to tuck into sites nice and doesn't take up the space of a camper that is 29' long hitch to end of bed (bumper is now under the bed) even though that is how long we are once extended. So maybe something like that would work for them?
As per the manual:
- the tow limit is only 5000 with 2 people in the vehicle, the more people (150# each), the less you can tow, and the less tongue weight you can carry
- weight distribution hitches are NOT recommended by Honda for this vehicle
- we had a 2008 and you couldn't use 5th gear (the newer MDXes have 6 gear so not sure which gears can be used) so you can watch the gas gauge drop quickly as you drive and the engine howls the whole way
- when you are towing a travel trailer, you can't exceed 88 kph (55mph)
- when going uphill and downhill, you need to use the manual shift to make sure you're in a decent gear for the trailer which just makes the drive that much more stressful
I'd stick to towing with the Tundra. What are their reasons for wanting something shorter? Ours is 24' hitch to bumper and we can fit it on our driveway to park and can still fit into lots of small, well treed, private camping sites. Ours has 2 good sized bunks (actual twin bed width, not the skinny ones) and we have a king bed. But it's not a walk around bed, it's a read hard slide (no tenting). So we end up with a good amount of space but that rear slide is awesome as it seems to tuck into sites nice and doesn't take up the space of a camper that is 29' long hitch to end of bed (bumper is now under the bed) even though that is how long we are once extended. So maybe something like that would work for them?
