Mountain Towing With Honda Pilot

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   Sorry. I have a real issue with this kind of nonsense. You're vastly exceeding your vehicle capacity and you might well be able to accomplish the trip you did, but you're definitely straining your vehicle.
   The real issue is safety. You don't have the braking power to easily stop if someone steps out in front of you while you're exceeding your limits by at least 50%. 
   I don't care if you endanger yourself but you're putting others in danger by towing overcapacity.   

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retiredtraveler Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Sep 2013 Location: Chicago burbs Online Status: Offline Posts: 24	Topic: Mountain Towing With Honda Pilot Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 9:50am
	Sorry. I have a real issue with this kind of nonsense. You're vastly exceeding your vehicle capacity and you might well be able to accomplish the trip you did, but you're definitely straining your vehicle. The real issue is safety. You don't have the braking power to easily stop if someone steps out in front of you while you're exceeding your limits by at least 50%. I don't care if you endanger yourself but you're putting others in danger by towing overcapacity.
	Looking hard at a pod 2006 Jayco 1206 (pup) with slideout, shower,solar 2005 Nissan Xterra (probably going to new Nissan Frontier) Into hard-core hiking and biking

CharlieM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797	Posted: 12 Oct 2013 at 11:10pm
	Who says the Honda Pilot (3.5L 4WD) can’t pull a Pod up the Colorado mountain passes? We just completed a 5+ week, 5434 mile trip through 12 states including the mountains of Colorado. The pictures are on Owl Creek Pass at 10,114 feet with snow and mud. No problem for the Pilot. The real tests were Red Mountain (11075 Ft) and Wolf Creek (10856 ft) passes with grades of 7%. These are some of the highest and steepest Colorado passes on paved highways and the Pilot did fine going up and coming down. Some first and second gear time, but no transmission temperatures over 233 degrees. The slow speeds were fine for the encountered road conditions. We averaged 12.7 MPG. We spent three nights dry camping at 9500 feet and all appliances worked well. One night it got down to 26 degrees and nothing froze. An occasional flush during the night insured the fresh water line from tank to pump did not freeze. The rest of the water lines are inside the Pod.
	Charlie Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD