confused TV - ?

Hello, my wife and I have just been to the Toronto RV show. We thought we had picked the travel trailer for us, the Rpod 178 but having read several postings on your web site, we are unsettled as what we should do. The reason, our Suv.  We recently purchased a 2014 Mercedes GLK 250 diesel. We opted NOT to purchase a factory installed trailer hitch because the only size available was an 1 1/4. We are now going through the process of buying and having installed a 2" hitch with add ons[electric brakes, stabilizer bar, etc.] from a RV dealer. The GLK is listed as pulling up to 3500 lbs but when speaking with the Mercedes dealer, they say you should pull less than that. Two local dealers say that it should not be a problem, one dealer has installed hitches on other Mercedes cars. Has anyone pulled a 178 with the same GLK or similar SUV and what do you recommend.

Thanks for your quick reply. I will look into why a short wheel base is not good. Maybe I should be looking at a lighter and shorter trailer.

Don't think you need a sway bar. I don't have one with mine a no problems.

We have a 3500# limit on our TV, but we also purposely bought a 171 which is the lowest weight of the Pods available at the time.  We loved the 182 at the time but didn't want to push it on our overall weight, and I personally think you may be doing so if you go with the 178.  As furpod has stated, it is somewhat subjective but you have to still stay within a comfortable safety zone when towing anything.  We've been towing mainly in flatter areas, on shorter trips, keeping our speed and weight down, and we have been just fine.  But we've also started looking at upgrading to a larger towing capacity TV because we want to take longer trips into the mountains more in the future, and having that extra cushion would be nice.

Confused,