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tnscoots
Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Topic: Just Signed up Posted: 15 Jul 2013 at 11:34am |
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Tom
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tnscoots
Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 15 Jul 2013 at 2:11pm |
Hi – thanks for your reply.
That’s just it; I want to get away from flat country. A couple months ago I completed a 10K mile
trip out west carrying a pop-up Four Wheel camper in the bed of my 2012 Tacoma
4 cyl. and it did a respectable job. The
total weight was close to the cargo capacity rating of about 1300 lb. Sure the mountains were a challenge put the
wee truck did it. So what I don’t know
is the difference between the dynamic of hauling rather than towing. I’m working on my wife to allow me to trade
up a 6 cyl truck, but I’m a long way from a “kitchen pass”, as a friend once
said.
Tom
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 15 Jul 2013 at 5:03pm |
The dynamic difference is drag. A load in the bed is shielded, a towed load is not. The r-pod has a fair amount of drag.
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 16 Jul 2013 at 12:53am |
Once you get above 50 mph the "driving" issue (pun intended) is the frontal area and overall drag. We had a Sienna before our current TV and even though the popup we had was much heavier than the pod the Sienna had no problems towing it. Much less drag. It struggled pulling the pod at times depending on wind and road conditions but the pod was probably 500 pounds lighter fully loaded.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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