Towing with a Chevy Venture
I am considering purchasing a 2015 Sportsmen 14 ft. travel trailer with a dry weight of 2123 lbs. I would be pulling it with a 2004 Chevy Venture that has a 3500 lb tow rating. The trailer has electri...
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xteacher wrote:
Given the high profile of a TT, have you looked up the frontal area limit of your van? My 2010 Pathfinder, with a 6000 lb. tow limit (built on the Frontier truck chassis) has a frontal area limit of only 70 square feet, I think. I have the TT in my signature, which only weighs 2507 lb. dry, with a hitch weight of 312 lb. I can definitely feel it behind my car, and I wouldn't want to pull much more than that.
I'd recommend pulling a PUP (and not a huge one!) with your van. I pulled one with a small SUV with a 3500 lb. tow limit, and it did well.
I've already towed an old Apache hard side camper fully loaded and with an 8000 btu A/C mounted over the hitch area and it hardly made any difference in the way the Van performed. I do realize that I will not be able to tow in overdrive mode.
