Honda Pilot
If I didn't use the Tow Vehicle & Trailmanor to haul heavy hobbies at high elevations, I believe I would find a Honda Pilot and 3500-4500 pound trailer capacity to be wonderfully adequate to the task. I'd read the owner's manual carefully to see what the manufacturer says, of course, but I won't be talked into a truck for the vehicle I drive every day just because I tow a TrailManor a few weeks per year.
The TrailManor models have pretty similar empty weights. Many of them are capable of being loaded much heavier than you might like them to be.
Further thoughts:
- The weight distributing hitch is essential.
- Watch tongue weights as the TM's are heavy there. Manage your load.
- Don't fill the water, just carry a few gallons.
- Don't worry about going slow up the hill, because you won't be lonely.
- Worry instead about going too fast down the hill (or anywhere else) for all the reasons mentioned.
- People with unusual requirements need unusual considerations (for example: constant use, heavy loads, high altitudes, remote destinations, etc.)
- Join the forum!
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