Towing a Travel Trailer with a Pontiac G8

jerem0621 wrote:
Okay, here is some brief research I did on the G8.

Just looking at the hitch...it appears you can only get a hitch rated for 2,000 lbs max Trailer weight and 200 lbs max tongue weight.

Unless your BIL has a custom class 3 or 4 hitch he is going to be seriously under hitched.

Here is the Etrailer link for the G8 hitches.

I would not advocate this at all. That little hitch will fail. Maybe not at first but eventually.

Now, something like a Livin' Lite pop up is very doable for this vehicle.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

To my knowledge he got a class 3 hitch for the G8. His trailer is a 2018 Coleman Clipper 16RBD:

Hitch Weight 312 lbs.
UVW 2806 lbs.
GVWR 3627 lbs.
CCC 821 lbs.
Exterior Length 18' 4"
Exterior Height 9' 8"
Exterior Width 88"
Fresh Water 33 gal.
Gray Water 25 gal.
Black Water 25 gal.
Awning Size 10 ft

I should have added this earlier