Re: Towing Concerns ?
Your total package weight, presuming that includes the trailer is the dry weight. You gain a lot with gas, batteries, gear etc. Regardless, the issue isn't pulling power. You would probably be amazed if you realized how little hp or tq it takes to pull something down the road or up and out of the steepest ramp imaginable. It takes very little, believe me I have lived with pulling 4000lbs with 185hp in some of the worst ramp conditions with fwd no less. The issues are stopping especially in emergency situations as well as the massive wear and tear towing that much witht will put on a vehicle not meant for it. That completely ignores the liability aspect as well. As I learned, if you want to be a true boat owner even for short trips, you need a vehicle meant for towing. After realizing how easily my 185hp, old, decrepid, pos towed my 4000lb boat, you quickly realize just moving a heavy object isn't that hard but stopping and all the forseen and unforseen aspects of towing are. I've owned two towing appropriate SUV's since and again realized how lucky I was when towing with the old vehicle and have since had multiple situations where without the robustness of the suv and its emergency maneuverability, I wouldn't have been able to avoid some really bad situations.
