Who Says Honda "Ridgeline" Can't Tow 5th-Wheel

[jasonlisan]

Who says Honda "Ridgeline" can't tow a 5th wheel?? Here's three pics to prove it! :B

[DirtyOil]

Beatfarmer wrote:
Check out this thread. It has pictures of the Ridgeline structure.

Towing with a Ridgeline

X2 Nice... would nay sayers like red or white wine to wash down the crow? :B

[Beatfarmer]

Check out this thread. It has pictures of the Ridgeline structure.

Towing with a Ridgeline

[hotpepperkid]

rjstractor wrote:

x96mnm wrote:
I think you will be shocked to find out the dually stops quicker!

Yes, I would be shocked because a dually pickup with a brakeless 15K trailer is not going to stop very quickly at all. If you have some actual evidence of this I'd love to see it.

Yea that would be like stopping a freight train, good luck.

[rjstractor]

x96mnm wrote:
I think you will be shocked to find out the dually stops quicker!

Yes, I would be shocked because a dually pickup with a brakeless 15K trailer is not going to stop very quickly at all. If you have some actual evidence of this I'd love to see it.

[mkirsch]

Love how people are passing judgement without even knowing what they're talking about.

The trailer is a Scamp 19' "Lite Fifth Wheel" and weighs 2400lbs dry max, with a pin weight of 400lbs.

http://www.scamptrailers.com/showroom/19-standard-trailers.html#!image_04

Even fully decked out and loaded to the max it is well within the towing AND stopping capability of a Honda Ridgeline. Electric brakes are standard.

...and the hitch is really more of a GOOSENECK than a fifth wheel. It couples using a ball in the truck's bed.

[austinjenna]

You all are just guessing and have no clue what the real facts are. All you have is a small picture. As usual you all seam to be experts

Exactly. Everyone knows that a honda ridgeline is a beast of a towing machine.

[Sport45]

x96mnn wrote:

rjstractor wrote:

PAThwacker wrote:
I guess you never shredded a 7 way wire.

Actually no I haven't but I do understand that electric brakes are considerably less reliable than your truck brakes. I still stand by my assertion that a 4500 lb Honda will stop a 3000 lb trailer much faster than a 8000 lb dually pickup with stop a 15000 pound trailer if the trailer brakes fail.

I think you will be shocked to find out the dually stops quicker!

As posted before ridge line is more then capable though based on numbers.

I would be surprised. A 15,000# trailer with no brakes?

[DirtyOil]

hotpepperkid wrote:
You all are just guessing and have no clue what the real facts are. All you have is a small picture. As usual you all seam to be experts

X2... :R

[x96mnn]

rjstractor wrote:

PAThwacker wrote:
I guess you never shredded a 7 way wire.

Actually no I haven't but I do understand that electric brakes are considerably less reliable than your truck brakes. I still stand by my assertion that a 4500 lb Honda will stop a 3000 lb trailer much faster than a 8000 lb dually pickup with stop a 15000 pound trailer if the trailer brakes fail.

I think you will be shocked to find out the dually stops quicker!

As posted before ridge line is more then capable though based on numbers.

[hotpepperkid]

You all are just guessing and have no clue what the real facts are. All you have is a small picture. As usual you all seam to be experts

[rjstractor]

PAThwacker wrote:
I guess you never shredded a 7 way wire.

Actually no I haven't but I do understand that electric brakes are considerably less reliable than your truck brakes. I still stand by my assertion that a 4500 lb Honda will stop a 3000 lb trailer much faster than a 8000 lb dually pickup with stop a 15000 pound trailer if the trailer brakes fail.

[PAThwacker]

rjstractor wrote:

3 dog nights wrote:
I don't doubt he can pull it, I worry about them stopping it.

That's kind of an ignorant statement IMO. Nearly all trailers have brakes, besides that trailer weighs maybe 3000 lbs, considerably less than the tow vehicle. Even without trailer brakes, I have no doubt that Ridgeline will stop that little trailer a lot shorter than a 3500 dually would stop a 15K fiver without brakes.

I guess you never shredded a 7 way wire.

[B_O__Plenty]

Because you can, doesn't mean you should..

B.O.

[x96mnn]

Uncle had a rig that looked the same, was an 87 20ft Bigfoot and weighed 3000pds dry with a pin weight of 580pds. Cargo capacity was in around 1000pds and he towed it with a S10 pick up for a few trips over a couple of years.

Ridgeline has more then enough tow ratings to handle it, most likely very well. Would also like to see how it is all set up, must have some sort of slider hitch, based on the pictures I could not see it turning another way but i do not see a beat up cab lol.