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Montana Kev
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 Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject: Tongue weight of a CD 16 |
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Does anyone know the approximant trailer tongue weight of a CD 16 cruiser? I have looked thru the forums but not located anything. I am trying to decide if my Toyota Highlander is suitable for a 800 mile drive to bring back a CD 16 I may buy. My other option is my F150 and a higher gas bill.
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dotnmarty
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know the tongue weight. If the Highlander has the 3.4 L V-6 base engine you will have plenty of power to pull the trailered 16 footer essentially anywhere.
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Capn Jack
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:43 am Post subject: Tongue Weight |
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Tongue weight is determined by how the boat is set-up on the trailer and can be adjusted by moving the C/G of the boat back and forth over the axel of the trailer (S/B at least 100 lbs). My new 5 cyln. Colorado does great pulling the Pocket Yacht.
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jennykatz
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:29 pm Post subject: highlander |
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We looked at the toyota when buying our Pilot. what year Highlander do you have The 05-06 had the 3.3 v-6 or the 2.4 4 cyl.the tow rating was 3500lb for the v-6 and 3000lb for the 4cyl.
The c-d16 weighs 875-950 lb , eng about 250lb and trailer about 500lb .So you are looking at less then 2000lb .As far as the tougue wt this can be manipulated by moving the winch stand a few inches one way or another. About 200lb would give you 10% .
use the Toyota save gas Good luck on your trip
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lloyds
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to pull mine with a toyota 4x4 with the old 4 cylinder and it did it without a problem. Tongue weight seems to be around 150 to 160 pounds. |
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bjidzik
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Our 16' Cruiser is loaded but we've had no problems towing with a 3.5L Jeep Liberty (3000-3500 lb max tow weight). Your Toyota Highlander will do just fine even on hilly roads. |
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Montana Kev
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject: Jeep Liberty |
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Stopping is always the hard part. Sounds like it's not an issue from the feedback so fare, I think the Jeep Liberty is a good comparative vehicle to the Highlander. I was curious about the tongue weight just so I would know about how much sag to expect. Thanks for the feedback
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