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    Posted: 10 Aug 2010 at 7:35pm
I have a 173 that I tow with a Hyundai Santa Fe v-6. I habe been all ove the mountains in NC and Tennessee.
No Problems!! I forget it is back there.  Happy Podding
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hey all.. how about this.. I picked up my R-Pod 172 is May this year, and was towing it was a 2003 Cavalier, 2 door, 2.2Ltr! I installed a Prodogy proportional brake controller, had a transmission cooler installed as well as a sway control bar, and to top it off... a class 1 hitch.. I found it to be pretty good actually.. it certainly slowed down when I got to a hill, but I took my time.. the tow capacity of the Cav was only 1000lbs.... it was the funniest thing you could ever see.. a Cav towing a Pod!
Last month I came across a great deal on a 2003 Rendezvous 3.4 V6 with TC of 3500lbs.. I bought it, installed the Prodogy in it and had a a Class III hitch installed, and I installed the wiring harness myself... I couldn't wait to hook on to the Pod... well WHAT A FRIGGIN DIFFERENCE!!! I kept forgetting that I was even towing anything! cant even feel sway, and the brake controller is adjusted perfectly... when applying the brake, the vehicle stops the same as it does when not towing...
Sold the Cavalier... but I miss the 'ol girl...
 
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Going from a 6-cylinder Jeep Liberty with auto-trans to a fairly large V8 Chevy pickup (6 speed auto-trans) gave me about a 4-mpg increase as long as I didn't need to use the 'tow-haul' feature.  Both the Jeep and the Chevy (in tow-haul) gave me about 11-12 mpg. 
I coming to believe that the various weights of the different Pod models makes no real difference
on mileage staying on flat stretches of highway.  It seems the 'frontal' area controls your mileage.
A friend of mine has a new A-liner trailer (which collapses down) which actually weighs more than my Pod and pulls it with an exact clone of my Chevy truck...he gets about 3 mpg more than I do. 
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Just returned from our first trip!  We towed our 2010 R-Pod 173 with a 2010 Ford Escape 6 cylinder (3500 lb tow limit).  We went to FDR State Park in Pine Mtn., GA, which is somewhat hilly.  I could definitely tell the Peach Pod was behind us, but not as bad as I thought it would be.  We won't go anywhere fast, but it's doable.  Going 50-60 mph on 2 lane roads, we got around 11 mpg going (mild-moderate uphill grades many times), with food, etc. onboard, and 12 mpg coming home, fewer uphill grades, less food weight.  RPM's ranged from 2200-3500, depending on the grade.  I took it out of overdrive.
 
Before the trip, we took our Escape to have a tranny cooler installed and found out that it already had one (even w/out a factory tow package)! Smile  We have a Prodigy brake controller, class 3 hitch, and a sway bar.  Coming home from the dealer, we had no issues with swaying, even when passed by semis, going around 60 mph.
 
I'm under no illusion that this vehicle could pull this TT in steep mountains - not happening!  However, it's ok in the lower GA mountains and in FL where we do our camping.  
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We are now pulling with our Nissan Frontier V6 and got an average of 12.5 mpg on our trip to the ERU.  We can live with that unless gas keeps going up and up!
We had plenty of power in reserve. 
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Just got back from a fairly hilly trip.  Normally get around 21 mpg in our Sienna, this trip was about 12.5.  About right for most people that have 'pods.
Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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The Escape Pod 171 will be towed by a Ford Edge with factory installed Class 2 tow package, max of 3500 lbs. Pick up day on the 10th of June.
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We pull our 175 with a Toyota 4Runner.  I've installed a transmission cooler and will be using a weight distribution hitch.  Since it's new, we have yet to take it out but it sounds like our mpg will be reduced dramatically.  I had never installed a transmission cooler before but it was fairly simple to do.  P.S. the Toyota has a V6 and I will not be using the overdrive.
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Welcome to the forum Lkysell 
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We have a 2010 173T RPod and we pull it with a 2009 Honda Pilot 2WD, (w/o the towing back from the factory)
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