Towing with the Hundo

[lt1fire]

How good does a 98 100 do for towing?? would it be fine with a trailer and something roughly the same size and weight as a 40 on it?

On paper it should do ok but just looking for real world experience here.

 

[mtweller]

How good does a 98 100 do for towing?? would it be fine with a trailer and something roughly the same size and weight as a 40 on it?

On paper it should do ok but just looking for real world experience here.

I've never owned a 100. But, after towing Dozer with the 200, I'd say you'd definitely need a light trailer and short distance without any mountains involved. 6,500lb is the towing capacity, and you'd likely be pushing that with most car haulers and a 40. Prepare to go slow and leave LOTS of stopping distance. Most towing with a LC with this type of weight use a WD hitch; I hauled mine from Cary to the barn and back w/o one and no issues, but it's in the plans. Make sure your tires are capable of the load, in good nick, and air them up if you do decide to move forward with the venture.

 

[lt1fire]

Thought the 200 was a beast.....

well we shall see how it does

 

[mtweller]

Thought the 200 was a beast.....

well we shall see how it does

Maybe to some, but after coming out of a 6.6L Duramax 3/4Ton pickup, purpose built for towing, my bar is pretty high. It's fine, just not ideal.

 

[uzj100]

The short wheel base does not help either.

 

[NCFJ]

Once you are accustomed to a proper tow rig nothing else comes close. I'd not haul anything bigger than a camping trailer with our 80.

Al, I think you are probably at the usable limit with something like Ramon is talking about, light trailer and a 40. @uzj100 also makes a good point about wheel base as well.

 

[jfz80]

All valid points. How far as well?
20 mile or 200 may make a difference.

But enough fishing already......

“Family cage” “growing family” “something like a 40”

Comon code talker. Youve hinted all week with no takers so ill throw ya a freebie and ask .... what you after?

Otherwise we are left to assume Andrea’s pregnant, you got a MMA cage for the new house and youre off to get a jeep. (Or that 25)

Of course maybe this has all been explained already on the book of faces.

 

[custyota]

All valid points. How far as well?
20 mile or 200 may make a difference.

But enough fishing already......

“Family cage” “growing family” “something like a 40”

Comon code talker. Youve hinted all week with no takers so ill throw ya a freebie and ask .... what you after?

Otherwise we are left to assume Andrea’s pregnant, you got a MMA cage for the new house and youre off to get a jeep. (Or that 25)

Of course maybe this has all been explained already on the book of faces.

I'm moving in haha

 

[NCFJ]

I'm moving in haha

Al!!!!!! You finally got through all the permitting for the Asylum!!!!! Congrats

 

[lt1fire]

Maybe to some, but after coming out of a 6.6L Duramax 3/4Ton pickup, purpose built for towing, my bar is pretty high. It's fine, just not ideal.

Once you are accustomed to a proper tow rig nothing else comes close. I'd not haul anything bigger than a camping trailer with our 80.

Al, I think you are probably at the usable limit with something like Ramon is talking about, light trailer and a 40. @uzj100 also makes a good point about wheel base as well.

That doesnt leave much hope... only things I've towed with for a long haul is a F350 with 1000 ft/lbs of twist and a 8.5 ltr Hino.

Towed short haul with tons of things

 

[lt1fire]

I'm moving in haha

Only if you call me big daddy

Always wanted a baby huey

 

[lt1fire]

All valid points. How far as well?
20 mile or 200 may make a difference.

But enough fishing already......

“Family cage” “growing family” “something like a 40”

Comon code talker. Youve hinted all week with no takers so ill throw ya a freebie and ask .... what you after?

Otherwise we are left to assume Andrea’s pregnant, you got a MMA cage for the new house and youre off to get a jeep. (Or that 25)

Of course maybe this has all been explained already on the book of faces.

Not really trying to be cryptic with this post. We've thought about getting a project/more hardcore wheeler for a while. A triple locked 100 is fine but it is also a DD and we dont have a backup vehicle. We cant make it too large either or it would make it in parking garages. I'm also terrified the IRS is going to break and at the price of replacement yota parts getting something more hardcore is in the books. The 100 is fine for most trails and camping or traveling the 1000 miles of dirt trails around here but I dont want to destroy it on anything more hatdcore nor do I want to sink a ton of money into it. Ideally another 80 would be fine instead but again the parking garage thing.

We dont have anything yet so that's why the "size of a 40 thing" we have found something we are most likely going to get but until its here I'm not going to get too excited or jynx it.

 

[Fort Knox]

We dont have anything yet so that's why the "size of a 40 thing" we have found something we are most likely going to get but until its here I'm not going to get too excited or jynx it.

It's a Suzuki Samurai, isn't it? You should be fine towing that.

 

[lt1fire]

It's a Suzuki Samurai, isn't it? You should be fine towing that.

I'd be fine pushing that.

Really while the rig will be more hardcore it will be driven to the trails around here.... only towed back if needed. But trips to the rubicon or even better Fordcyth Creek need a tow rig.

If the 100 isn't up.to it once in a while I'll have to figure out another rig

 

[S4Cruiser]

I’m sure you could make it work. Build a trail rig that is in the lighter side along with a purpose built trailer - short, lightweight, etc. like above, I think you’d be disappointed (and white knuckles) if towing a typical 2k lb trailer with a 4500lb rig behind the 100.

When in college I purchased a 21’ hydrasport with twin 150s (110 gallon gas tank) and towed it behind a Nissan Pathfinder. It was unsafe and miserable at best

 

[NCFJ]

I lived in the Keys for 10 years, where there is no vehicle inspection for starters. I was amazed by the tow vehicle/trailer & load combinations I saw on Rt 1, a very dangerous highway to begin with. I saw an Explorer tugging a 30 plus foot go fast on a tipple axle trailer, both with Broward plates so that is at least 200 miles. In an emergency braking situation that boat and trailer would own that Explorer no matter how well the guy thought he was set up. 25' center consoles with dual 150 plus outboards on old beat up single axle trailers.
Scary stuff indeed.

I guess my point is, if you have to question if the tow rig can handle the job you are better off considering a different option in the long run. It is not the people pulling the load I am concerned with (Darwin thing) it's the people around them on the road that get drawn into it when all hell breaks loose.

 

[Mtbcoach]

I’ll chime in being one whom has towed a wide variety of things, being raised by a father who thought like Stan’s examples above. We were always over limit with helper springs and every white trash (I’d say redneck but I’m from CA) of loading.

In our research during our plans to change the manner in which we traveled, I was amazed as to what an RV dealer will tell you what you can tow behind any given tow rig. With our ‘15 Ram 2500 Cummins 4x4 crewcab shortbed, I had guys tell me “no problem, you’ve got the engine to pull it” but be 2k lbs overweight according to Ram specs, when you do the math correctly.

Regina and I spent 2 weeks on thr road, RV’n it up, talking to everyone we could and looking at everyone’s setup. I was amazed how so many rationalized their tow set up, most at or over the limit of their tow vehicle. We pulled a Airstream 27FB (7800lb GVW) from Denver to Spokane, thru Yellowstone to Mt Rushmore and back to Denver and am so thankful we did so, as an experiment for the future. I drug that rental up/down the continental divide, across the badlands over 85mph and thru the tight canyon roads going thru snake river canyone and Bighorn National Park, finding our tow rig well within spec considering I may have a “toy” in the truck or trailer.

As stated, all is good until some dipsh!t pulls in front of you and you are panic stopping a 6k truck pulling 7.8k trailer, can’t imagine something as top heavy as a flatbed with a 6k rig strapped on top of it. We had many times, human and animal interactions where we were very happy to have a set up that is capable of handling the load, pulling and stopping.